The Epic That Never Was

The Epic That Never Was

1 ч 14 м

1969

6.7

Documentary

Story Line

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

Top 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)

E

Eileen Corbett

Interviewee [script girl]

J

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)