The Epic That Never Was

Bill Duncalf
1969-09-19


6.714
74 min

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

Cast

Name Character Team
Charles Laughton Tiberius Claudius (archive footage) Unowned
Robert Graves Interviewee [original author] Unowned
Josef von Sternberg Interviewee [director] / Himself (archive footage) Unowned
Merle Oberon Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage) Unowned
Flora Robson Interviewee / Livia (archive footage) Unowned
Emlyn Williams Interviewee / Caligula (archive footage) Unowned
Eileen Corbett Interviewee [script girl] Unowned
John Armstrong Interviewee [costume designer] Unowned
Dirk Bogarde Narrator Unowned
John Abbott Himself – Ms. Robson's Host (uncredited) Unowned
Robert Newton Cassius, Captain of Caligula's guard (archive footage; uncredited) Unowned
Basil Gill Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage; uncredited) Unowned