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The Epic That Never Was

(1969)

Documentary

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1hrs 14m

Overview

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

Score

67

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The Epic That Never Was (I' Claudius)

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Charles Laughton as Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)

Charles Laughton

** Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)

Robert Graves as Interviewee [original author]

Robert Graves

** Interviewee [original author]

Josef von Sternberg as Interviewee [director] / Himself (archive footage)

Josef von Sternberg

** Interviewee [director] / Himself (archive footage)

Merle Oberon as Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)

Merle Oberon

** Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)

Flora Robson as Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)

Flora Robson

** Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)

Emlyn Williams as Interviewee / Caligula (archive footage)

Emlyn Williams

** Interviewee / Caligula (archive footage)

Eileen Corbett as Interviewee [script girl]

Eileen Corbett

** Interviewee [script girl]

John Armstrong as Interviewee [costume designer]

John Armstrong

** Interviewee [costume designer]

Dirk Bogarde as Narrator

Dirk Bogarde

** Narrator

John Abbott as Himself – Ms. Robson's Host (uncredited)

John Abbott

** Himself – Ms. Robson's Host (uncredited)

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

Robert Newton

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

Basil Gill as Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage; uncredited)

Basil Gill

** Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage; uncredited)

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