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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 the…
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The Epic That Never Was
69%
Movie
1h 14m
AI Analysis
The Epic That Never Was (1969) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Epic That Never Was (1969) — a movie tagged as Documentary with balanced tone moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: The story of the aborted 1937 filming of "I, Claudius", starring Charles Laughton, with all of its surviving footage. Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~74 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Epic That Never Was 69% (8 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Synopsis
The story of the aborted 1937 filming of "I, Claudius", starring Charles Laughton, with all of its surviving footage.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1969-09-19
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- TMDB rating
- 6.9
- TMDB ID
- 168757
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The story of the aborted 1937 filming of "I, Claudius", starring Charles Laughton, with all of its surviving footage.
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The official runtime for The Epic That Never Was is approximately 74 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
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)
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Eileen Corbett
Self - Interviewee
- J
John Armstrong
Self - Interviewee
John Abbott
Ms. Robson's Host (uncredited)
Robert Newton
Cassius, Captain of Caligula's guard (archive footage) (uncredited)
Basil Gill
Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
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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 subsequently Josef von Sternberg to turn this classic story into a film. Insightful contributions alert us to the difficulties faced by Charles Laughton ("Claudius") and Emyln Williams ("Caligula") in creating their characterisations and we are given an interesting look at just quite how a film of this stature - grand sets, costumes, Vestal Virgins and orgies was to be put together before - that is - it all went a bit pear-shaped. It's a well put together documentary with plentiful original content to sustain interest and by the end I think I understood why this wonderful story of intrigue, scandal - and sex has never been attempted for the big screen since!
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