Duck Soup

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comedy film film political satire film

Duck Soup is a classic 1933 Marx Brothers political satire film renowned for its rapid-fire wit and anarchic comedy.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	comedy film ⓘ film ⓘ political satire film ⓘ
blackAndWhite	true ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Henry Sharp ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Leo McCarey ⓘ
distributor	Paramount Pictures ⓘ
distributorEra	Pre-Code Hollywood ⓘ
editedBy	Leroy Stone ⓘ surface form: LeRoy Stone
featuresGroup	Marx Brothers ⓘ
follows	Horse Feathers ⓘ
genre	political satire ⓘ satire ⓘ slapstick comedy ⓘ
hasFilmRating	considered a classic of American cinema ⓘ
hasTheme	absurdity of war ⓘ anti-authoritarianism ⓘ political incompetence ⓘ
includedInList	AFI list of 100 funniest American movies ⓘ surface form: AFI 100 Years...100 Laughs
mainCharacter	Rufus T. Firefly ⓘ
musicBy	John Leipold ⓘ
notableScene	lemonade stand sequence ⓘ mirror scene ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
plotFocus	political upheaval in Freedonia ⓘ satire of war and diplomacy ⓘ
portrayedBy	Groucho Marx ⓘ
producer	Herman J. Mankiewicz ⓘ
productionCompany	Paramount Pictures ⓘ
publicationDate	1933-11-17 ⓘ
recognizedAs	one of the greatest comedy films of all time ⓘ
releaseYear	1933 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	68 ⓘ
screenwriter	Arthur Sheekman ⓘ Bert Kalmar ⓘ Harry Ruby ⓘ Nat Perrin ⓘ
setInFictionalCountry	Freedonia ⓘ
soundFilm	true ⓘ
starring	Chico Marx ⓘ Groucho Marx ⓘ Harpo Marx ⓘ Louis Calhern ⓘ Margaret Dumont ⓘ Zeppo Marx ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted	interwar period ⓘ

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