Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
2011•1h 33m•7.5•Released
DocumentaryComedy
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.
Director
Andreas Baum
Writer
Andreas Baum
Languages
English, German
Studio
EXIT Film- und Fernsehproduktion Kassel
Cast
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
Production
Company
EXIT Film- und Fernsehproduktion Kassel
Company
ZDF
Company
ARTE
Producer
Andreas Baum
Producer
Milka Pavlicevic
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