The Epic That Never Was
7.6
The story of the aborted 1937 filming of "I, Claudius", starring Charles Laughton, with all of its surviving footage.
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Cast
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Dirk Bogarde
Self - Narrator
Known for
A Bridge Too Far
Death in Venice
Charles Laughton
Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)
Known for
Witness for the Prosecution
Spartacus
Robert Graves
Self - Interviewee
Also in
Monitor
Josef von Sternberg
Self - Interviewee
Also in
No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich
Merle Oberon
Self - Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
Known for
Wuthering Heights
The Lodger
Flora Robson
Self - Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)
Known for
Black Narcissus
Wuthering Heights
Emlyn Williams
Self - Interviewee / Caligula (archive footage)
Known for
Ivanhoe
Jamaica Inn
Eileen Corbett
Self - Interviewee
John Armstrong
Self - Interviewee
John Abbott
Ms. Robson's Host (uncredited)
Known for
The Jungle Book
Gigi
Robert Newton
Cassius, Captain of Caligula's guard (archive footage) (uncredited)
Known for
Around the World in 80 Days
Oliver Twist
Basil Gill
Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Also in
High Treason
On the Banks of Allan Water
Bill Duncalf Director · Robert Graves Author Brian Keene Editor
United States release September 19, 1969 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
BBC
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · December 24, 1965
TV · BBC One
United States · September 19, 1969
Limited theatrical
Finland
April 22, 1967 · TV
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