September 19, 1969
74 minutes
Documentary
The Epic That Never Was
The story of the aborted 1937 filming of "I, Claudius", starring Charles Laughton, with all of its surviving footage.
Trailer
Cast
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))
