
Full Cut Of Jerry Lewis’ Most Controversial Film May Have Been Found After 45 Years
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Swedish actor Hans Crispin claims he has — locked in a bank vault — a full copy of "The Day The Clown Cried," where Lewis plays a clown in a concentration camp.
One of cinema’s most notorious films may soon be seen in its most complete form after being thought lost for 45 years.
“The Day The Clown Cried,” a 1972 film featuring comedian Jerry Lewis as Helmut Doork — a World War II-era clown ordered by Nazis to entertain kids in a concentration camp and then lead them to the gas chambers — was never officially released, and was thought to be unfinished.
However, a Swedish actor named Hans Crispin recently claimed to have stolen a version of film from the Europafilm studio in 1980, according to the AV Club.
The footage Crispin allegedly stole didn’t have the film’s first act, but then he received the first act from a former colleague who figured out Crispin had other parts of the film, according to the Sweden Herald.
Back in 2015, Lewis donated five hours of unfinished footage to the Library of Congress but stipulated it not be available for viewing until 2024.













