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''I, Claudius'' is an unfinished 1937 film of the book ''I, Claudius''. The abandoned project was being produced by Alexander Korda, directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Charles Laughton (as Claudius), Emlyn Williams (as Caligula), Flora Robson (as Livia), and Merle Oberon (as Messalina), but it was dogged by ill circumstances, culminating in a car accident involving Oberon, which caused filming to be ended before completion. A further attempt to rescue the footage by incorporating it into ''The Denham Studio Mystery'', a proposed sequel to ''The Arsenal Stadium Mystery'' also fell through. Laughton based his interpretation of Claudius on King Edward VIII and his abdication speech. Other speaking parts included Claudius's servant Narcissus, Claudius's doctor, Senators Sentius and Asiaticus, and soldiers Cassius and Lupus. The BBC used the existing footage in a 70-minute documentary ''The Epic That Never Was'' (1965), hosted by Dirk Bogarde and featuring the opening of ''Thus Spoke Zarathustra''. The documentary is included in the DVD box set of the BBC series ''I, Claudius,'' and includes about 25 minutes of original footage from the uncompleted film. Also in the cast were Allan Aynesworth (as Senator Asiaticus) and John Clements (as Valente). Von Sternberg recalled Ralph Richardson having been cast, but Richardson did not agree. ==Bibliography== * John Baxter, "14. The Fall of Claudius", ''The Cinema of Josef von Sternberg'' (London: Tantivy Press, 1971), pages 136-149 * Philip Horne, ''He was a Premier League Film Director'' in ''The Daily Telegraph'' 5 August 2005 (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3645546/He-was-a-premier-league-director.html discusses ''The Denham Studio Mystery'') * Jon Solomon, ''The Ancient World in the Cinema: Revised and Expanded Edition'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001), pages 78–79 ISBN 0-300-08337-8 * Steve Tucker, "Cursed but a Triumph!", ''South Wales Echo,'' December 16, 2005 * Josef von Sternberg, ''Fun in a Chinese Laundry'', New York: Macmillan, 1965) pages 172-189 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「I, Claudius (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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