Synopsis
The story of the aborted 1937 filming of "I, Claudius", starring Charles Laughton, with all of its surviving footage.
Movie Information
- Director
- Bill Duncalf
- Writers
- Bill Duncalf
- Release Year
- 1969
- Runtime
- 74 minutes
- Genre
- Documentary
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 (8 votes)
Top Cast
Dirk Bogarde
Self - Narrator
Charles Laughton
Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)
Robert Graves
Self - Interviewee
Josef von Sternberg
Self - Interviewee
Merle Oberon
Self - Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
Flora Robson
Self - Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)
Emlyn Williams
Self - Interviewee / Caligula (archive footage)
Eileen Corbett
Self - Interviewee
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