Duck Soup (English & Foreign language, DVD)

The Marx Brothers' fifth feature is a zany political satire, which so offended Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini that the film was banned in Italy. Appointed president of Freedonia under the patronage of the wealthy Mrs Teasdale (Margaret Dumont), Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho) sets about starting a war with neighbouring Sylvania. To this end he trades insults with Sylvanian ambassador Trentino (Louis Calhern), unaware that Trentino's spies Chicolini (Chico) and Pinky (Harpo) are already working to bring down Freedonia from within! The Marxes' final film for Paramount includes the classic mirror sequence, and was also the last to feature Zeppo, who - dissatisfied with his role as straight man to his three siblings - subsequently embarked on a successful career as an agent.

General

Studio:	Universal Home Entertainment
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The Marx Brothers
Release date:	February 2005
Movie released:	1933
Actors:	Groucho Marx • Harpo Marx • Chico Marx • Zeppo Marx • Margaret Dumont • Edmund Breese • Louis Calhern • Edgar Kennedy • Raquel Torres • The Marx Brothers • Verna Hillie • Leonid Kinskey
Contributors:	Arthur Sheekman • Nat Perrin • Bert Kalmer • Harry Ruby • Hans Dreier • Wiard Ihnen
Directors:	Leo McCarey
Dimensions:	192 x 137 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:
Running time:	1 hour, 5 minutes
Region encoding:	Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players.
Audio format:	Dolby Digital Stereo
Video format:	Standard 4:3 (1.33:1)
Languages:	English • French • German • Italian • Spanish
Subtitles:	French • German • Italian • Spanish • Arabic • Hebrew • Danish • Dutch • Finnish • Norwegian • Swedish • Greek • Turkish • Portuguese • Russian
Age restriction:	A
Categories:	DVD > Classics DVD > Comedy DVD > Feature Film DVD > Satire
LSN:	XRB-81V-BNE-1
Barcode:	5050582060737

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