The Third Man (1949)
The Third Man (1949)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Joseph Cotten
Holly Martins
Alida Valli
Anna Schmidt
Trevor Howard
Major Calloway
Orson Welles
Harry Lime
Paul Hörbiger
Karl the Porter
Ernst Deutsch
'Baron' Kurtz
Erich Ponto
Dr. Winkel
Siegfried Breuer
Popescu
Hedwig Bleibtreu
Anna's Landlady
Bernard Lee
Sergeant Paine
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Crabbin
Alexis Chesnakov
Col. Brodsky the Russian Liaison Officer (uncredited)
Thomas Gallagher
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Herbert Halbik
Hänsel the Little Boy with Ball (uncredited)
Hannah Norbert
Actress at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited)
Eric Pohlmann
Waiter at Smolka's (uncredited)
Carol Reed
UK Version's Opening Narrator (uncredited) / Director / Producer
Annie Rosar
The Porter's Wife (uncredited)
Frederick Schrecker
Hansel's Father (uncredited)
Hugo Schuster
Waiter (uncredited)
Karl Stepanek
Actor at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited)
Theodore Gottlieb
Man on Street (uncredited)
Jenny Werner
Dr. Winkel's Maid Hilde (uncredited)
Reed De Rouen
American Military Policeman(uncredited)
Geoffrey Keen
British Military Policeman (uncredited)
Robert Brown
Britush Military Policeman in Sewer Chase (uncredited)
Graham Greene
Screenplay
Anton Karas
Original Music Composer / Musician
Robert Krasker
Director of Photography
Oswald Hafenrichter
Editor
John Wilcox
Additional Photography
David O. Selznick
Producer
Alexander Korda
Producer
Hugh Perceval
Associate Producer
George Frost
Makeup Artist
T.S. Lyndon-Haynes
Production Manager
Jack Drake
Sound Editor
Red Law
Sound Recordist
Bert Ross
Sound Recordist
Ivy Baker
Wardrobe Supervisor
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 31, 1949
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 44m
Content RatingNR
Box Office$1,226,098
Filming LocationsVienna, Austria
Genres
Wiki.
The Third Man is a 1949 film noir directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene, and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles and Trevor Howard, set in post-war Vienna. The film centres on American Holly Martins (Cotten) who arrives in the city to accept a job with his friend Harry Lime (Welles), only to learn that Lime has died. Martins decides to stay in Vienna and investigate the suspicious death.
The atmospheric use of black-and-white expressionist cinematography by Robert Krasker, harsh lighting, and subtle "Dutch angle" camera technique are major features of The Third Man, combined with the iconic theme music by Anton Karas, bombed-out locations, and acclaimed performances from the cast. The style evokes the atmosphere of an exhausted, cynical, post-war Vienna at the start of the Cold War.
Greene wrote the novella as preparation for the screenplay. Karas's title composition "The Third Man Theme" topped the international music charts in 1950, bringing international fame to the previously unknown performer. The Third Man is considered one of the greatest films of all time, celebrated for its acting, musical score, and atmospheric cinematography.In 1999, the British Film Institute voted The Third Man the greatest British film of all time. In 2011, a poll for Time Out ranked it the second-best British film ever.