19 September 1969 Factual 74 mins
The story of the aborted 1937 filming of "I, Claudius", starring Charles Laughton, with all of its surviving footage.
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Dirk Bogarde as Self - Narrator
Charles Laughton as Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)
Robert Graves as Self - Interviewee
Josef von Sternberg as Self - Interviewee
Merle Oberon as Self - Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
Flora Robson as Self - Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)
Emlyn Williams as Self - Interviewee / Caligula (archive footage)
John Armstrong as Self - Interviewee
John Abbott as 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
Brian Keene Editor
Bill Duncalf Writer
Robert Graves Novel
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Finland 22 April 1967
United Kingdom 24 December 1965
United States 19 September 1969
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Charles Laughton despite giving a splendid performance had a great deal of difficulty getting into the role and director von Sternberg was not very sympathetic ...
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