Plot
The story of the aborted 1937 filming of "I, Claudius", starring Charles Laughton, with all of its surviving footage.
Cast
as Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)
as Interviewee [original author]
as Interviewee [director] / Himself (archive footage)
as Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
as Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)
as Interviewee / Caligula (archive footage)
as Interviewee [script girl]
as Interviewee [costume designer]
as Narrator
as Himself – Ms. Robson's Host (uncredited)
Gallery
Reviews
If you are at all interested in the Robert Graves "I, Claudius" stories then this is a must watch. Dirk Bogarde is superb narrating this hybrid of original, remarkably well preserved, rushes and specially shot interviews with the likes of Merle Oberon and Dame Flora Robson as they describe the logistical and personal nightmares that dogged the attempts by, initially, Sir Alexander Korda and subse…