The Epic That Never Was

Sep 19, 1969

1h 14m

★ 6.7

Overview

The story of the aborted 1937 filming of "I, Claudius", starring Charles Laughton, with all of its surviving footage.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

BBC

The Epic That Never Was Trailers

Cast

Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)

Charles Laughton

Interviewee [original author]

Robert Graves

Interviewee [director] / Himself (archive footage)

Josef von Sternberg

Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)

Merle Oberon

Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)

Flora Robson

Interviewee / Caligula (archive footage)

Emlyn Williams

Interviewee [script girl]

Eileen Corbett

Interviewee [costume designer]

John Armstrong

Narrator

Dirk Bogarde

Himself – Ms. Robson's Host (uncredited)

John Abbott

Cassius, Captain of Caligula's guard (archive footage; uncredited)

Robert Newton

Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage; uncredited)

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