Cinematheque: Singing in the Dark

Leo, a German concentration camp survivor suffering from traumatic amnesia, is befriended by comedian Joey Napoleon. Leo’s singing talents get him hired as Joey’s co-headliner at a nightclub, but a run-in with gangsters awakens Leo’s troubled memory. Helmed by Poverty Row specialist Nosseck, this little known independent film is one of the first American features to dramatize the Holocaust and depict a Holocaust survivor as the main protagonist.