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Documentary · 1969 · 1h 14min

The Epic That Never Was.

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

Director: Bill Duncalf

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Dirk Bogarde

Self - Narrator

Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton

Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)

Robert Graves

Self - Interviewee

Josef von Sternberg

Josef von Sternberg

Self - Interviewee

Merle Oberon

Self - Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)

Flora Robson

Self - Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)

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BBC

BBC

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🇬🇧United Kingdom

Languages

English

The Epic That Never Was (I' Claudius)

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🇺🇸Estados UnidosSep 19, 1969

🇬🇧Reino UnidoDec 24, 1965

IMDb

7.6 /10

353 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

The tomato isn't ripe

Metacritic

Metacritic took the day off

TMDB

6.9 /10

8 votes

Letterboxd

7.1 /10

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Weighted average

7.2/10

IMDb7.6
TMDB6.9
Lbxd7.1