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Writer:
Robert Graves (book)
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Genre:
Drama more
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Cast

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Charles Laughton ... Claudius

Merle Oberon ... Messalina
Emlyn Williams ... Caligula
Flora Robson ... Livia
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alan Aynesworth ... Asiatacus, Senator
John Clements ... Valente
Leonora Corbett ... Caesonia
Roy Emerton ... Octavius
Gina Evans ... Vestal Virgin
Frank Forbes-Robinson ... Lupus, captain of the guard
Basil Gill ... Xenophon, Claudius' doctor
Morland Graham ... Halotus, master of Livia's household
Everley Gregg ... Domita, Messalina's mother
Lyn Harding ... Vespasian
Allan Jeayes ... Musa, the emperor's physician
Robert Newton ... Cassius, Capt. of Caligula's Guard
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Additional Details

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Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
London Film Productions more

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Trivia:
Charles Laughton, despite giving a splendid performance, had a great deal of difficulty getting into the role, and director Von Sternberg was not very sympathetic or helpful. So when co-star Merle Oberon was injured in a car crash during filming, he used it as an excuse to abandon the film, which was nowhere near completion. All the filmed footage survives, however. more
Quotes:
Claudius: It's good to see y-you're better, Caesar.
Caligula: I haven't been ill. I'm simply undergoing a change. It's the most momentous transformation that any human being has ever achieved. A prophecy is about to be fulfilled. I am being - reborn.
Claudius: I hope your condition is not t-t-too painful.
Caligula: It is painful to be one's own mother. Well, idiot, can't you see any change in me?
Claudius: I was blind not to see it instantly. You're no longer human. May I be the first to worship you, as a g-g-g-god?
Caligula: It took you a long time to perceive that I'm no longer human.
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Referenced in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer: End of Days (#7.21)" (2003) more

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11 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
Never seen it, neither has anyone else... Why does this have a rating?, 25 June 2007
Author: afulop5195 from United States

To those of you who have given this "film" a rating, shame on you. The film doesn't exist. It was never completed and therefore you could not have seen it.

The closest I or anyone else has come to seeing it is the documentary, The Epic That Never Was. It gave some very cool looks into the problems that plagued this film, most notably Laughton's inability to get into character and his numerous tantrums on set. It did not however show the entire film or even close to it. That's because only a small portion of the film was even shot.

So please, no more ratings for this movie.

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