Footage from Jerry Lewis' unreleased Holocaust film The Day the Clown Cried will screen at this year's Venice Film Festival.

Lewis shot The Day the Clown Cried in France and Sweden in 1972 The death of US comedy legend Jerry Lewis has prompted renewed interest in his notorious "lost film", The Day the Clown Cried.

When asked how he managed to get Lewis to open up about one of the lowest points in his iconic career, Friedler said they ...

Entertainer Jerry Lewis, one of Hollywood's most successful ... Over the next 10 years they appeared in nightclubs, on television and in movies, but their partnership ended with a bitter split.