

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
93 min
Release Date
2011-12-28
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Vote Count
17
Vote Average
7.765
Stan Laurel
Self (archive footage)
Oliver Hardy
Self (archive footage)
Frank Glaubrecht
Narrator
Booth Colman
Self
Chuck McCann
Self
Jerry Lewis
Self (archive footage)
Marcel Marceau
Self (archive footage)
Hal Roach
Self (archive footage)
Ingo Appelt
Self
Bart Williams
Self
Irv Hyatt
Self
Jamie McKenna
Self
Jean Darling
Self
Jim MacGeorge
Self
Lois Laurel
Self
Mabel Radcliffe
Self
Mark Greenhow
Self
Martin Schneider
Self
Michael Ehret
Self
René Riva
Self
Richard W. Bann
Self
Stan Taffel
Self
Sylvette Baudrot
Self
Tom Vandenberg
Self
Tyler St. Mark
Self
Valérie Bochenek
Self
Virginia Lucille Jones
Self
Wolfgang Günther
Self
Buster Keaton
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michael Habeck
Self
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