The Day the Clown Cried, an unreleased film by Jerry Lewis, features a German clown forced to lead Jewish children to their death in a concentration camp. Despite skepticism over its sensitive content, the film is viewed as a significant piece of lost cinema. Recently, Swedish actor Hans Crispin revealed he has a stolen workprint of the film, raising questions about its future and the ongoing fascination surrounding its undisclosed footage. The U.S. Library of Congress has not screened it despite a donation from Lewis, contributing to its mystique.
On May 28, the Swedish magazine and Swedish state broadcaster SVT broke the news that Swedish actor Hans Crispin has long possessed a stolen version of the film, which he screened for a couple journalists as proof.
Crispin found and stole a workprint of the film from its Swedish production studio, Europafilm, while he was working there in 1980, he told.
Lewis stated, 'It's either better than Citizen Kane, or the worst piece of shit anyone ever loaded on the projector,' referring to the unreleased status of the film.
Curiosity about 'The Day the Clown Cried' has persisted, regarded as one of the last White Whales of lost cinema, as noted by the New York Times.
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