本片揭示了好莱坞历史上最神秘的事件之一：喜剧传奇杰瑞·刘易斯最后自导的电影《The Day the Clown Cried》。这部电影在1972年引起了全球的广泛关注和期待，却在最神秘的情况下突然消失，再也没有露面……五十多年来，关于这部所谓“失落电影”的各种离奇理论层出不穷，但现在终于有新的线索揭开了这段黑暗历史的真相。这场历史寻宝之旅中，众多明星和杰瑞·刘易斯的好莱坞朋友们纷纷为他的持久遗产和雄心壮志发声。观众将首次目睹大量从未曝光过的制作片段以及这部“失落杰作”的幕后花絮。

"Wings Of Desire" and "Buena Vista Social Club", "Paris, Texas" and "The State Of Things": Wim Wenders is considered one of the pioneers of New German Cinema and one of the most important and influential representatives of contemporary cinema. With never before shown archive material and extraordinary encounters with companions and contemporary witnesses such as Francis Ford Coppola, Willem Dafoe, Andie MacDowell, Hanns Zischler, Patti Smith and Werner Herzog, this documentary provides unique insights into the life and work of one of the most multifaceted artists of our times. Renowned documentary filmmaker Eric Friedler ("It Must Schwing. The Blue Note Story") and his co-director Andreas Frege were given the exclusive opportunity to portray Wenders for this film. From Dusseldorf to Paris, and all the way to the desert of Texas, the film traces iconic locations and decisive moments in Wenders' work as director, producer, photographer and author.