The read
It runs a compact 1h 14m.
Synopsis
The story of the aborted 1937 filming of "I, Claudius", starring Charles Laughton, with all of its surviving footage.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
8 audience votes
Key crew
- Bill DuncalfDirector
- Bill DuncalfWriter
Cast
- Dirk BogardeSelf - Narrator
- Charles LaughtonTiberius Claudius (archive footage)
- Robert GravesSelf - Interviewee
- Josef von SternbergSelf - Interviewee
- Merle OberonSelf - Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
- Flora RobsonSelf - Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)
- Emlyn WilliamsSelf - Interviewee / Caligula (archive footage)
- Eileen CorbettSelf - Interviewee
- John ArmstrongSelf - Interviewee
- John AbbottMs. Robson's Host (uncredited)
- Robert NewtonCassius, Captain of Caligula's guard (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Basil GillXenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
movie businessarchive footagedocumentarycancelled film