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The Epic That Never Was

Documentary

6.7

Release Date

September 19, 1969

Duration

74 min

Status

Released

Language

en

Overview

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

Casts

Charles Laughton

Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)

Charles Laughton

Robert Graves

Interviewee [original author]

Robert Graves

Josef von Sternberg

Interviewee [director] / Himself (archive footage)

Josef von Sternberg

Merle Oberon

Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)

Merle Oberon

Flora Robson

Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)

Flora Robson

Emlyn Williams

Interviewee / Caligula (archive footage)

Emlyn Williams

Eileen Corbett

Interviewee [script girl]

Eileen Corbett

John Armstrong

Interviewee [costume designer]

John Armstrong

Dirk Bogarde

Narrator

Dirk Bogarde

John Abbott

Himself – Ms. Robson's Host (uncredited)

John Abbott

Robert Newton

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

Robert Newton

Basil Gill

Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage; uncredited)

Basil Gill

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