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The Epic That Never Was

1969
Directed byBill Duncalf
1h 14m

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

CAST
Charles LaughtonTiberius Claudius (archive footage)Robert GravesInterviewee [original author]Josef von SternbergInterviewee [director] / Himself (archive footage)
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Merle OberonInterviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
Flora RobsonInterviewee / Livia (archive footage)
Emlyn WilliamsInterviewee / Caligula (archive footage)
Eileen CorbettInterviewee [script girl]
John ArmstrongInterviewee [costume designer]
Dirk BogardeNarrator
John AbbottHimself – Ms. Robson's Host (uncredited)
DETAILS
GENRES
Documentary
STATUSReleased
RATING
6.7

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