Film

Duck Soup

Director
Leo McCarey, Harry Lachman
Certificate
U
Running Time
69 mins

This Marx Brothers classic is an uproarious send-up of patriotism, diplomacy, religion and, well, just about everything else, in which a couple of Ruritanian states go to war because someone calls President Groucho an upstart. It was famously banned by Mussolini on the grounds that it was subversive.

Duck Soup makes a welcome return to the screen as part of the Comedy Genius season.

By robin askew, Friday, Dec 8 2017

Tags:

  • Comedy

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