The Epic That Never Was

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

Cast

Dirk Bogarde

Dirk Bogarde

as Self - Narrator

Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton

as Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)

Robert Graves

Robert Graves

as Self - Interviewee

Josef von Sternberg

Josef von Sternberg

as Self - Interviewee

Merle Oberon

Merle Oberon

as Self - Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)

Flora Robson

Flora Robson

as Self - Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)

Emlyn Williams

Emlyn Williams

as Self - Interviewee / Caligula (archive footage)

Eileen Corbett

Eileen Corbett

as Self - Interviewee

John Armstrong

John Armstrong

as Self - Interviewee

John Abbott

John Abbott

as Ms. Robson's Host (uncredited)

Reviews

CinemaSerf

If you are at all interested in the Robert Graves "I, Claudius" stories then this is a must watch. Dirk Bogarde is superb narrating this hybrid of original, remarkably well preserved, rushes and specially shot interviews with the likes of Merle Oberon and Dame Flora Robson as they describe the logis...

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