
The Epic That Never Was
Sinopse
The story of the aborted 1937 filming of "I, Claudius", starring Charles Laughton, with all of its surviving footage.
- 6.7
- 1969
- Released
- 1h 14m

Charles Laughton
Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)
Merle Oberon
Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
Flora Robson
Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)
Emlyn Williams
Interviewee / Caligula (archive footage)
Eileen Corbett
Interviewee [script girl]
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)
Status
Released
Original Language
en
Keywords
- #movie business
- #archive footage
- #documentary
- #cancelled film
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Reviews

@Geronimo1967over 1 year ago
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 logistical and personal nightmares that dogged the attempts by, initially, Sir Alexander Korda and subseq











