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Miniserie de TV de 13 episodios. Claudio, Emperador de Roma, viendo aproximarse el final de su vida, decide escribir la historia de su familia (dinastía julio-claudia) desde el año 50 a.C. al 50 d.C. La Sibila ha profetizado que esta historia llegará a la posteridad. Adaptación del texto del célebre escritor e historiador Robert Graves, y que presenta, con finas dosis de humor y un toque de inocencia, al emperador Claudio y su visión de aquellos turbulentos años.

I stopped watching Masterpiece Theater a couple decades ago, so this is still the best thing I've ever seen on it. Great acting, great story, and enough intrigue, back-stabbing and sexual escapades to fill five soap operas. I painstakingly taped it off of television over a three month period and haven't been quite able to part with those tapes, even though I have the DVD. First watched it in college, and none of us could wait for it from one week to the next. The books are also good, though the second one spends way too much time on Herrod for my taste. ( )

As of 2024 knighted actor Jacobi has accomplished:
Gosford Park - Hamlet - Dead Again - Henry V - The Odessa File - Gladiator The Kings Speech - Day of the Jackal - Little Dorrit - The Borgias; and above all, ¨I Claudius¨ ( )

Wise, Herbert