a very different jerry lewis film and not like all those more famous film that everybody know . lewis deal with the difficult task of ww ii and national socialism in germany in a rather unconventional way . but even more interesting and important and he do it in a very un american way . and a with so many thing in the world and especially in the film industry un american mean more sophisticated and more subtle and more intelligent or simply good . that be the reason why the film be no success in the u but a very great success in europe . all in all and jerry lewis have prove by this movie and that he be able to do much more than simple slapstick comedy .