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The Day the Clown Cried is a american film of genre Drama directed by Jerry Lewis released in USA on 11 july 1972 with Jerry Lewis

The Day the Clown Cried (1972)

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Released in USA 11 july 1972
Directed by ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Drama

The Day the Clown Cried is an unreleased 1972 film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis. It is based on a script of the same name by Joan O'Brien, who had co-written the original script with Charles Denton ten years previously. The film was met with controversy regarding its premise and content, which features a circus clown who is imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp. Lewis has repeatedly insisted that The Day the Clown Cried would never be released because it is embarrassingly "bad work" that he is ashamed of.

Synopsis

Lewis plays a washed-up German circus clown named Helmut Doork during the beginning of World War II and the Holocaust. Although he was once a famous performer who toured America and Europe with the Ringling Brothers, Doork is now past his prime and receives little respect. After Doork causes an accident during a show, the head clown convinces the circus owner to demote Doork. Upon returning home, Doork confides his problems in his wife Ada, and she encourages him to stand up for himself. Helmut overhears the circus owner agreeing to fire him after the head clown issues an ultimatum. Helmut is distraught. He is arrested later by the Gestapo for ranting about Germany and drunkenly mocking Adolf Hitler in a bar. Following an interrogation at the Gestapo headquarters, he is imprisoned in a Nazi camp for political prisoners. For the next three to four years, he remains there while hoping for a trial and a chance to plead his case.

Actors

Jerry Lewis

(Helmut Doork)Harriet Andersson

(Anna Doork)Anton Diffring

(Captain Curt Runkel)Jonas Bergström

(Franz)Ulf Palme

(Johann Keltner)
And :
Pierre Étaix
Tomas Bolme
Bo Brundin
Lars Amble
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