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The Epic That Never Was

The Epic That Never Was

IMDB:

6.7
The Epic That Never Was

Released

9/19/1969

Duration

1h 14m

Genre

Documentary

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Charles Laughton, Robert Graves, Josef von Sternberg

Overview

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

Cast

Charles Laughton

Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)

Charles Laughton

Robert Graves

Interviewee [original author]

Robert Graves

Josef von Sternberg

Interviewee [director] / Himself (archive footage)

Josef von Sternberg

Merle Oberon

Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)

Merle Oberon

Flora Robson

Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)

Flora Robson

Emlyn Williams

Interviewee / Caligula (archive footage)

Emlyn Williams

Eileen Corbett

Interviewee [script girl]

Eileen Corbett

John Armstrong

Interviewee [costume designer]

John Armstrong

Dirk Bogarde

Narrator

Dirk Bogarde

John Abbott

Himself – Ms. Robson's Host (uncredited)

John Abbott

Robert Newton

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

Robert Newton

Basil Gill

Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage; uncredited)

Basil Gill

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