“I stole it from Europafilm in 1980 and copied it to VHS in the attic where we copied other films at night.
The only complete print of The Day the Clown Cried sits in a Swedish bank vault because an actor stole it in 1980. The Library of Congress footage turned out to be fragments. Lewis said nobody would ever see it because he was embarrassed by the work. Now the thief wants to sell it.