Director: Jerry Lewis

Writers: Joan O'Brien; Charles Denton; Jerry Lewis

Keywords: Drama, WWII, Holocaust, Clowns

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Anton Diffring	Actor	20-Oct-1918	20-May-1989	Where Eagles Dare
Jerry Lewis	Comic	16-Mar-1926		The French can have him

REVIEWS

Review by Michael Corda (posted on 6-May-2007)

This was no easy film to get. I have it on a rather inferior VHS tape but then it's suitable for the material. Jerry took all this very seriously and it is if in an offensive, patronizing way where Jerry meant well and led us predictably down the path to hell. He plays a clown in wartime (WWII) central/eastern Europe hired or forced by the Nazis to entertain little undesirables before the are gassed to death with Zyklon gas. Charming! Why they would bother to put on an entertainment show for them escaped me. He wrestles with his conscience and is not a happy clown. In the end he is sent off on one of the many trains to die in the camps with the kiddies. How uplifting indeed! This could have been done well with Jewish Lewis giving special insight but it backfired (suprise) so badly,it was never released and only a snippet is viewable on the internet. Awful,depressing, all gone awry!

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