The Epic That Never Was

6.7
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 74 min
  • Premiere: 1969. September 19.

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

Discover

Charles Laughton

Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)

Robert Graves

Interviewee [original author]

Josef von Sternberg

Interviewee [director] / Himself (archive footage)

Merle Oberon

Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)

Flora Robson

Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)

Emlyn Williams

Interviewee / Caligula (archive footage)

Eileen Corbett

Interviewee [script girl]

John Armstrong

Interviewee [costume designer]

Dirk Bogarde

Narrator

John Abbott

Himself – Ms. Robson's Host (uncredited)

Robert Newton

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

Basil Gill

Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage; uncredited)

Camera

Charles Parnall

Camera Operator

David Findlay

Camera Operator

David Samuelson

Camera Operator

Alan Featherstone

Camera Operator

Robert Kauffman

Camera Operator

Directing

Bill Duncalf

Director

Editing

Brian Keene

Editor

Production

Bill Duncalf

Producer

Sarah Jennings

Research Assistant

Camera

Charles Parnall

Camera Operator

David Findlay

Camera Operator

David Samuelson

Camera Operator

Alan Featherstone

Camera Operator

Robert Kauffman

Camera Operator

Directing

Bill Duncalf

Director

Editing

Brian Keene

Editor

Production

Bill Duncalf

Producer

Sarah Jennings

Research Assistant