I, Claudius - Complete Series - 2-DVD Set ( I Claudius )

I, Claudius - Complete Series - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: I Claudius
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Emmy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
670 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1976 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Herbert Wise

Written By:
Jack Pulman
Robert Graves (novels)

Actors:
Brian Blessed ..... Augustus
Christopher Guard ..... Marcellus
David Robb ..... Germanicus
Derek Jacobi ..... Claudius
Fiona Walker ..... Agrippina
Frances White ..... Julia
George Baker ..... Tiberius
Ian Ogilvy ..... Drusus
John Castle ..... Postumus
John Hurt ..... Caligula
John Paul ..... Marcus Agrippa
Kevin McNally ..... Castor
Margaret Tyzack ..... Antonia
Patricia Quinn ..... Livilla
Siân Phillips ..... Livia

Synopsis:

The elderly Roman emperor Claudius writes his memoirs, telling of the history of the Roman empire through his own period of rule. It begins as Augustus is emperor, and his scheming wife Livia will stop at nothing to make her son from a previous marriage Tiberius the next emperor. This conflict sets the stage for a long period of intrigue and double-crosses among the Roman elite, all of it witnessed by Claudius, whose limp and stammer cause everyone to think him simple-minded and thus leave him alone. But Claudius in fact posesses a very keen intellect, and is determined to see justice be done and Rome returned to a Republican form of government.

The mini-series follows the history of the Roman Empire, from approximately the death of Marcellus (24/23 BC) to Claudius' own death in 54 AD. As Claudius narrates his life, we witness Augustus' attempts to find an heir, often foiled by his wife Livia who wants her son Tiberius to become emperor. We also see the conspiracy of Sejanus, the infamous reign of Caligula, and Claudius' own troubled period of rule.

Episode 1
A Touch of Murder
Episode 2
Family Affairs
Episode 3
Waiting in the
Wings
Episode 4
What shall we do
about Claudius?
Episode 5
Poison is Queen
Episode 6
Some Justice
Episode 7
Queen of Heaven
Episode 8
Reign of Terror
Episode 9
Zeus, by Jove
Episode 10
Hail Who?
Episode 11
Fool's Luck
Episode 12
A God in Colchester
Episode 13
Old King Log

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 28 June, 2007.

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