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The Epic That Never Was

The Epic That Never Was (1969)

6.7
1h 14m
Director:Bill Duncalf
Documentary

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

Top Cast

Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton

Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)

Robert Graves

Robert Graves

Interviewee [original author]

Josef von Sternberg

Josef von Sternberg

Interviewee [director] / Himself (archive footage)

Merle Oberon

Merle Oberon

Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)

Flora Robson

Flora Robson

Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)

Emlyn Williams

Emlyn Williams

Interviewee / Caligula (archive footage)

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Eileen Corbett

Interviewee [script girl]

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John Armstrong

Interviewee [costume designer]

Dirk Bogarde

Dirk Bogarde

Narrator

John Abbott

John Abbott

Himself – Ms. Robson's Host (uncredited)

Robert Newton

Robert Newton

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

Basil Gill

Basil Gill

Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage; uncredited)

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