A work-copy of the "Lost" Jerry Lewis film "The day the clown cried" has now been sold.

A fast AI translate from Swedish tv:

"After the Revelation: Hans Crispin Has Bought the Legendary Jerry Lewis Movie
Up to date yesterday at 22:31, Revealed yesterday at 10:03

– I obtained a modest sum, says Hans Crispin to Kulturnyheterna. However I can't inform who purchased "The Day the Clown Cried."

Hans Crispin's pirate copy of the legendary Jerry Lewis movie is the one recognized full model.

Swedish actor and TV character Hans Crispin just lately revealed to the journal Icon that in 1980 he stole a movie reel of the legendary Jerry Lewis movie "The Day the Clown Cried" and made a pirated copy, which he has saved for 45 years.

After that, he additionally invited SVT Kulturnyheterna to view the movie.

The information gained worldwide consideration and was lined by Newsweek and Vulture, amongst others.

Solely Identified Copy
The movie, which is a couple of clown in Auschwitz throughout the Holocaust, has by no means been publicly proven and is taken into account a "holy grail" for movie fanatics. It has lengthy been thought to be misplaced; the copy Crispin has is the one recognized model with intact modifying and sound.

Hans Crispin, who on the time labored copying porn movies to VHS at Europafilm, stole the movie together with a co-conspirator and saved it in secret for many years.

Within the Kulturnyheterna interview a number of weeks in the past, he stated he was now finished with the key and able to move it on to the subsequent technology. And he has finished so.

– I’ve offered it. For a modest sum. I can't reveal extra. They got here right here and watched it. They made a proposal. I accepted it, signed a paper, and promised to not inform something extra.

"You're not supposed to try this"
When requested how he feels about having offered one thing he in a "Jönssonligan-like" scheme stole and pirated so way back, he responds that he has mirrored on it through the years.

– Sure, I stole it. I did. And I've thought of it — you're not supposed to try this. That's how it’s. However I actually needed to protect it. And I seemed up the statute of limitations a very long time in the past. Two years. And the rights to this movie are so tangled that nobody actually is aware of who has rights to this copy.

How does it really feel now, that your large secret is out?

– A bit empty, really. I imply, I can't watch the movie anymore. I’ve all the time been capable of earlier than. Or present it to somebody. You and Caroline Hainer have been the final to see "The Day the Clown Cried" at my place.

Kulturnyheterna's freelance critic Caroline Hainer shared the story of Hans Crispin within the journal Icon. Nonetheless, she believes that the movie will doubtless be accessible to a wider viewers sooner or later.

– In fact, there are monetary pursuits. Jerry Lewis was one of many greatest comedians within the US within the Fifties. I assume it has fallen into the fingers of somebody who needs to distribute it. I might say there’s a danger that the general public may see it. It’s a nasty movie."

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