Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

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2011
1h 33m
7.7(18 votes)
Documentary
Comedy

Overview

The lives of Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), on the screen and behind the curtain. The joy and the sadness, the success and the failure. The story of one of the best comic duos of all time: a lesson on how to make people laugh.

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Production Companies

ZDF
ARTE

Videos & Trailers

1 video

Cast & Crew

30 members
Acting

Stan Laurel

Self (archive footage)

Stan Laurel
Acting

Oliver Hardy

Self (archive footage)

Oliver Hardy
Acting

Frank Glaubrecht

Narrator

Frank Glaubrecht
Acting

Booth Colman

Self

Booth Colman
Acting

Chuck McCann

Self

Chuck McCann
Acting

Jerry Lewis

Self (archive footage)

Jerry Lewis
Acting

Marcel Marceau

Self (archive footage)

Marcel Marceau
Production

Hal Roach

Self (archive footage)

Hal Roach
Acting

Ingo Appelt

Self

Ingo Appelt
Acting

Bart Williams

Self

No Image
Acting

Irv Hyatt

Self

No Image
Acting

Jamie McKenna

Self

No Image
Acting

Jean Darling

Self

Jean Darling
Acting

Jim MacGeorge

Self

Jim MacGeorge
Acting

Lois Laurel

Self

No Image
Acting

Mabel Radcliffe

Self

No Image
Acting

Mark Greenhow

Self

No Image
Acting

Martin Schneider

Self

Martin Schneider
Acting

Michael Ehret

Self

No Image
Acting

René Riva

Self

No Image
Acting

Richard W. Bann

Self

No Image
Acting

Stan Taffel

Self

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Directing

Sylvette Baudrot

Self

Sylvette Baudrot
Acting

Tom Vandenberg

Self

No Image
Acting

Tyler St. Mark

Self

No Image
Acting

Valérie Bochenek

Self

No Image
Acting

Virginia Lucille Jones

Self

No Image
Acting

Wolfgang Günther

Self

No Image
Directing

Buster Keaton

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Buster Keaton
Acting

Michael Habeck

Self

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