Poster for The Epic That Never Was

The Epic That Never Was (1969) 6.7

Documentary • 1h 14min • Sep 19th 1969

Story

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

Trailers

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)

Eileen Corbett
Interviewee [script girl]

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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