# The Day the Clown Cried leaks(condensed version) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 17, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-clown-cried-leaks-condensed-version/757640 "2016-06-17T21:24:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-clown-cried-leaks-condensed-version/757640/1 "2016-06-17T21:24:24Z")
We’ve discussed this a lot and now it has happened. Note: It is a condensed 31 minute version, but this is certainly a lot more than we had ever seen. It appears to be legal since it is on Vimeo, so I will post a link to it. If it turns out to be otherwise, please remove. [Day the Clown Cried](https://vimeo.com/160821734/c055c9bee4) ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-clown-cried-leaks-condensed-version/757640/2 "2016-06-18T01:19:11Z")
I just saw the whole thing (it’s also on YouTube). Some thoughts… –It’s much better than I though it would be, but it still doesn’t look very good. Jerry thankfully doesn’t do any comedy routines, but it’s still clear he’s been miscast. It reminds me of a lazily done Lifetime film. Considering that the handful of people who claim to have seen the film all have mentioned how awful movie was, it seems like a very oversized overreaction. –The film does look way too cheap for something intended for theatrical release. The circus and bar scenes are way too empty looking, and the death camps look more like poorly run summer camps than factories of murder. A lot of the scenes seem to be shot the way they are to save money more than anything else. –We’ll need to see the rest of the movie to give a good opinion on it. (For example, what’s with those elderly guys sitting on a bench in an empty room?). ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-clown-cried-leaks-condensed-version/757640/3 "2016-06-18T01:45:18Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > For example, what’s with those elderly guys sitting on a bench in an empty room? No waiting for Godot’s exit? ---
**Author:** ![bonzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@bonzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonzer)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-clown-cried-leaks-condensed-version/757640/4 "2016-06-18T09:39:28Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > (For example, what’s with those elderly guys sitting on a bench in an empty room?) It’s presumably all actually a seriously cut-down version of a recent, much longer German TV documentary on the film. From [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Clown_Cried#Later_events): > [@](#): > > On February 3, 2016, German public TV ARD aired a 2-hour documentary called “Der Clown”. German film maker Eric Friedler shows interviews, original footage and re-staged scenes from the original scripts with some Swedish actors who participated in Lewis’ movie. Finally, the film shows the first full interview with Lewis about his work after 43 years. Though to be strictly accurate, some of the re-staged scenes also seem to involve the actors filling in for Lewis and some deceased colleagues. But this is significantly much more footage than has previously seen the light of day. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-clown-cried-leaks-condensed-version/757640/5 "2016-06-18T17:09:34Z")
I don’t think we can judge properly what the finished film would have looked like. The scenes shown seem to be rough cuts; the circus scene, for instance with the ringmaster is played to empty seats. Still, from what I’ve seen here I think Lewis did wisely to abandon the project. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-clown-cried-leaks-condensed-version/757640/6 "2016-06-18T17:16:03Z")
BTW good to see Anton Diffring in a scene. He was the go-to guy for sneering Nazi officers in the 60s and 70s. ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-clown-cried-leaks-condensed-version/757640/7 "2016-06-19T19:15:42Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > BTW good to see Anton Diffring in a scene. He was the go-to guy for sneering Nazi officers in the 60s and 70s. The ironic thing about Diffring is that he was Jewish. His real surname was Pollack. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-clown-cried-leaks-condensed-version/757640/8 "2016-06-19T19:38:59Z")
> [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](#): > > The ironic thing about Diffring is that he was Jewish. His real surname was Pollack. Did he pray to C\*d? I am _so_ going to Hell. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-clown-cried-leaks-condensed-version/757640/9 "2016-06-19T19:48:00Z")
> [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](#): > > The ironic thing about Diffring is that he was Jewish. His real surname was Pollack. For that matter, both Werner Klemperer and John Banner (Col. Klink and Sgt. Schultz) of “Hogan’s Heroes” fame were Jewish refugees from occupied Europe; Banner lost most of his family in the death camps. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-clown-cried-leaks-condensed-version/757640/10 "2016-06-19T19:54:18Z")
In 2025, I think we’ll get a copy of the whole thing. We’ll have to meet back in this thread to discuss a comparison to this chopped version. ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-clown-cried-leaks-condensed-version/757640/11 "2016-06-19T23:53:21Z")
> [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](#): > > The ironic thing about Diffring is that he was Jewish. His real surname was Pollack. > [@running\_coach](#): > > Did he pray to C\*d? > > I am _so_ going to Hell. One fish, two fish, red fish, Jew fish. Looks like I’m joining you in Hell, **running coach**.