The Epic That Never Was
6.7
74 minutes
9/19/1969
Overview
The story of the aborted 1937 filming of "I, Claudius", starring Charles Laughton, with all of its surviving footage.
Cast List
Charles Laughton
as Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)
Robert Graves
as Interviewee [original author]
Josef von Sternberg
as Interviewee [director] / Himself (archive footage)
Merle Oberon
as Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
Flora Robson
as Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)
Emlyn Williams
as Interviewee / Caligula (archive footage)
Eileen Corbett
as Interviewee [script girl]
John Armstrong
as Interviewee [costume designer]
Dirk Bogarde
as Narrator
John Abbott
as Himself – Ms. Robson's Host (uncredited)
Robert Newton
as Cassius, Captain of Caligula's guard (archive footage; uncredited)
Basil Gill
as Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage; uncredited)