The Epic That Never Was (1969)

The Epic That Never Was (1969)

1969-09-19 United Kingdom 74 Min. PG-13
6.5 6 votes

Overview

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

Cast

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