The Epic That Never Was (1969)

6.9/10 74 min Documentary

Overview

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

Cast

Dirk Bogarde

Self - Narrator

Charles Laughton

Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)

Robert Graves

Self - Interviewee

Josef von Sternberg

Self - Interviewee

Merle Oberon

Self - Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)

Flora Robson

Self - Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)

Emlyn Williams

Self - Interviewee / Caligula (archive footage)

John Abbott

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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