The Epic That Never Was
6.714
7 Reviews
1969
1h 14min
The story of the aborted 1937 filming of "I, Claudius", starring Charles Laughton, with all of its surviving footage.
Storyline
The story of the aborted 1937 filming of "I, Claudius", starring Charles Laughton, with all of its surviving footage.
Released
19 September 1969
Runtime
1h 14min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
BBC
Cast
Charles Laughton
Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)
Robert Graves
Interviewee [original author]
Josef von Sternberg
Interviewee [director] / Himself (archive footage)
Merle Oberon
Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
Flora Robson
Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)
Emlyn Williams
Interviewee / Caligula (archive footage)
Eileen Corbett
Interviewee [script girl]
John Armstrong
Interviewee [costume designer]
Dirk Bogarde
Narrator
John Abbott
Himself – Ms. Robson's Host (uncredited)
Robert Newton
Cassius, Captain of Caligula's guard (archive footage; uncredited)
Basil Gill
Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage; uncredited)
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