In 2015, The Library of Congress purchased the only known copy of THE DAY THE CLOWN CRIED, an infamous drama directed by and starring Jerry Lewis, who plays a clown taken to Auschwitz during the Second World War and ordered to perform for Jewish children.
Made in Sweden in 1971, the film never received a public release, and as such has acquired a cult reputation among cinema enthusiasts. Lewis himself, now 89 years old, has prevented the film from being shown in his lifetime, telling reporters in 2013: “You will never see it, no-one will ever see it, because I am embarrassed at the poor work.”
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