The Epic That Never Was

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

Charles Laughton

as Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)

Robert Graves

as Interviewee [original author]

Josef von Sternberg

as Interviewee [director] / Himself (archive footage)

Merle Oberon

as Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)

Flora Robson

as Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)

Emlyn Williams

as Interviewee / Caligula (archive footage)

Eileen Corbett

as Interviewee [script girl]

John Armstrong

as Interviewee [costume designer]

Dirk Bogarde

as Narrator

John Abbott

as Himself – Ms. Robson's Host (uncredited)

Robert Newton

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

Basil Gill

as Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage; uncredited)

Bill Duncalf

Producer

Bill Duncalf

Director

Sarah Jennings

Research Assistant

Charles Parnall

Camera Operator

David Findlay

Camera Operator

David Samuelson

Camera Operator

Alan Featherstone

Camera Operator

Robert Kauffman

Camera Operator

Brian Keene

Editor