Among the documentaries, one in particular stands out: From Darkness to Light by Michael Lurie and Eric Friedler.
This documentary, which explores Jerry Lewis’ unfinished and unreleased film The Day the Clown Cried (1972), is one of the most anticipated and surprising entries in this section. The American comedian directed the film in Sweden, playing a clown imprisoned in Auschwitz, tasked by the Nazis with entertaining children destined for the gas chambers. The production faced numerous challenges, including communication barriers with Polish-speaking actors, and ultimately became an economic disaster for Lewis. The extraordinary aspect of this documentary is that it presents for the very first time previously unseen clips from the film, brief but significant footage that had been thought to be lost forever, thanks to reels miraculously found in some archives.
The Day the Clown Cried, a film about the Holocaust that is as famous as it is mysterious, is the legendary unfinished work of Jerry Lewis, never brought to the big screen. Today, it is the focus of a documentary by Michael Lurie and Eric Friedler, which presents previously un...
