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The Day the Clown Cried. The Day the Clown Cried is an unfinished and unreleased 1972 Swedish-French drama film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis. [1] It is based on an original screenplay by Joan O'Brien and Charles Denton, from a story idea by O'Brien, with additional material from Lewis. [2]
The Day the Clown Cried: Directed by Jerry Lewis. With Jerry Lewis, Peter Ahlm, Lars Amble, Harriet Andersson. A circus clown is imprisoned by the Nazis and goes with Jewish children to their deaths.
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Jan 5, 2024 · 05 January, 2024. One of cinema’s most sought-after films is set to be screened in public for the first time. Comedian Jerry Lewis ’s controversial holocaust film The Day the Clown Cried, shot in 1972 but never released due to myriad issues with the production, has never been made available in any form, leading the project to reach mythical ...
Aug 21, 2017 · Jerry Lewis died on Sunday at the age of 91, leaving behind at least one big mystery: the fate of The Day the Clown Cried, an unreleased 1972 Holocaust film that Lewis directed and starred in. It ...
Jul 23, 2024 · July 23, 2024 3:01am. Jerry Lewis in 'The Day the Clown Cried.'. AGIP/RDA/EVERETT COLLECTION. Footage from Jerry Lewis’ unreleased Holocaust film The Day the Clown Cried will screen at this year ...
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Apr 30, 2023 · The Day the Clown Cried was completed among all facets of production in 1972 but was ultimately shelved. Now deceased, Jerry Lewis vowed that his maverick film that dealt with the horrors of ...
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Color. Helmut Doork, a once great and famous clown, is fired from the circus. Getting drunk at a local bar, he pokes fun at Hitler in front of some Gestapo agents, who arrest and send him to a prison camp. Helmut angers his fellow prisoners by refusing to perform for them, wanting to preserve his legend. As times passes, Jews are brought into ...
