The Third Man
Carol Reed's celebrated British noir THE THIRD MAN is widely regarded as 'The greatest British film of all time'. Brilliantly scripted by Graham Greene and set to Anton Karas' evocative zither score, this justly celebrated classic is further enhanced by Robert Krasker's Academy Award® winning cinematography and Orson Welles in one of his most iconic screen roles.
Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten, Citizen Kane), a naive writer of pulp westerns, arrives in Vienna to meet his old friend Harry Lime (the incomparable Orson Welles) but finds that Lime has apparently been killed in a suspicious accident. Martins, too curious for his own good, hears contradictory stories about the circumstances of Lime's death and as witnesses disappear he finds himself chased by unknown assailants. Complicating matters are the sardonic Major Calloway (Trevor Howard, Brief Encounter), head of the British forces, and Lime's stage actress mistress, Anna Schmidt (Alida Valli). Will Martins' curiosity lead him to discover things about his old friend that he'd rather not know?
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- NEW Noreen Ackland on Saving The Third Man (Excerpt from BEHP audio interview)
- The Third Man – A Filmmaker’s Influence
- Restoring the Third Man
- Audio Commentary with assistant director Guy Hamilton, actor Simon Callow, and 2nd unit continuity Angela Allen
- Actor Joseph Cotten’s alternate opening voice-over narration for the U.S. version
- The Third Man Interactive Vienna Tour
- The Third Man on the radio: the 1951 “A Ticket to Tangiers” episode of The Lives of Harry Lime series, written and performed by Orson Welles; and the 1951 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of The Third Man
- Interview and Zither Performance by Cornelia Mayer
- Shadowing “The Third Man” (2005), a ninety-minute feature documentary on the making of the film
- Guardian Interview with Joseph Cotten at the National Film Theatre London
- Guardian Interview with Graham Greene at the National Film Theatre London
- Stills Gallery
- International Trailer