Description |
5 videodiscs (total miniseries running time 669 min. ; documentary running time 71 min.) : digital, monophonic ; 4 3/4 in. |
Note |
Includes "a unique documentary feature "The epic that never was", a remarkable behind-the-scenes look at Alexander Korda's ill-fated 1937 screen adaptation of I, Claudius." |
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Based on the novels by Robert Graves. |
Contents |
Disc 1. A touch of murder ; Family affairs ; Waiting in the wings -- Disc 2. What shall we do about Claudius? ; Poison is queen ; Some justice -- Disc 3. Queen of heaven ; Reign of terror ; Zeus, by jove! -- Disc 4. Hail who? ; Fool's luck ; A god in Colchester -- Disc 5. Old king log ; The epic that never was. |
Cast |
Derek Jacobi, Sian Phillips, Brian Blessed, George Baker, Margaret Tyzack, John Hurt, Sheila White, Patrick Stewart, Stratford Johns. |
Summary |
A dramatization of Robert Graves' version of the times of the Roman Empire from Augustus to Claudius told through the dying Claudius as he sets down the history of his family. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
System Details |
DVD, all regions, Dolby Digital. |
Language |
English dialogue. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Claudius, Emperor of Rome, 10 B.C.-54 A.D. -- Fiction.
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Messalina, Valeria, -48 -- Fiction.
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Emperors -- Fiction.
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Rome -- History -- Claudius, 41-54 -- Fiction.
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Rome -- History -- Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D. -- Fiction.
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Rome -- History -- Caligula, 37-41 -- Fiction.
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Rome -- History -- Tiberius, 14-37 -- Fiction.
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Genre/Form |
Biographical fiction.
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Biographical films.
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Added Author |
Graves, Robert, 1895-1985.
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Lisemore, Martin. Producer.
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Wise, Herbert. Director.
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Pulman, Jack. Screenwriter.
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Korda, Alexander, Sir, 1893-1956.
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Jacobi, Derek.
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Phillips, Siân, 1933-
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Blessed, Brian.
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Baker, George, 1931-2011.
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Tyzack, Margaret, 1931-2011.
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Hurt, John, 1940-2017
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White, Sheila, 1948-2018
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Stewart, Patrick, 1940-
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Johns, Stratford.
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British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
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London Film Productions.
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Image Entertainment (Firm)
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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Standard No. |
014381918724 |
Music No. |
ID9187CUDVD Image Entertainment |
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