- Also Known As:
- Unknown
- Year:
- 1933
- Country:
- Predominant Genre:
- Comedy
- Director:
- Outstanding Performances:
- All
- Premiss:
- Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs Teasdale.
- Themes:
- Alienation
- Compassion
- Courage
- Destiny
- Emotional repression
- Empathy
- Family
- Friendship
- Humanity
- Identity
- Loneliness
- Loyalty
- Mankind
- Materialism
- Narcissism
- Nature
- Personal change
- Political Correctness
- Religion
- Republicanism
- Self-expression
- Social class
- Snobbery
- Solipsism
- White culture
- White supremacy
- Similar (in Plot, Theme or Style) to:
- Unknown
- Review Format:
- Cinema
Quite simply the best comedy ever made.
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