THE THIRD MAN PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Graham Greene | 160 pages | 01 Jul 1992 | Penguin Books Ltd | 9780140185331 | English | London, United Kingdom The Third Man () - Plot Summary - IMDb Anna Schmidt as Valli Orson Welles Harry Lime Trevor Howard Calloway Bernard Lee Popescu Erich Ponto Winkel Wilfrid Hyde-White Crabbin Hedwig Bleibtreu Edit Storyline An out of work pulp fiction novelist, Holly Martins, arrives in a post war Vienna divided into sectors by the victorious allies, and where a shortage of supplies has led to a flourishing black market. By a thousand men! By a lovely girl! Edit Did You Know? Selznick , Greene was less than impressed with Selznick, who had according to Selznick's own son "become something of a parody of himself". Greene later mocked Selznick's dependency, at that stage, on the drug Dexedrine, better known as "speed". Coincidentally, Reed also became hooked on Dexedrine whilst shooting the time-consuming film. Both Reed and Selznick were operating on as little as 2 hours of sleep a day. Goofs Martins incorrectly calls Dr. Winkel "Winkel" instead of the correct "Vinkel", even though he has only heard the name pronounced "Vinkel" and not seen it written at all. Quotes Martins : I was going to stay with him, but he died Thursday. Crabbin : Goodness, that's awkward. Martins : Is that what you say to people after death? Additionally, all German speaking actors dubbed themselves. This version also replaces the opening credits. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Report this. Q: What was the problem with the penicillin? Q: How true is Lime's famous quote? Edit Details Country: UK. Language: English German Russian. Runtime: min. Color: Black and White. Edit page. October Streaming Picks. Additional music for the film was written by the Australian-born composer Hubert Clifford under the pseudonym of Michael Sarsfield. From until Clifford was working as Musical Director for Korda at London Film Productions , where he chose the composers and conducted the scores for films, as well as composing many original scores of his own. As the original British release begins, the voice of director Carol Reed uncredited describes post-war Vienna from a racketeer's point of view. The version shown in American cinemas cut 11 minutes of footage [36] and replaced Reed's voice-over with narration by Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins. Selznick instituted the replacement because he did not think American audiences would relate to the seedy tone of the original. Code in A new restored version of the film was released in the United Kingdom on 26 June In Austria, "local critics were underwhelmed", [40] and the film ran for only a few weeks. Still, the Viennese Arbeiter-Zeitung , although critical of a "not-too-logical plot", praised the film's "masterful" depiction of a "time out of joint" and the city's atmosphere of "insecurity, poverty and post-war immorality". In Vienna it's a tragedy about Austria's troubled relationship with its past. Some critics at the time criticised the film's unusual camera angles. Lejeune in The Observer described Reed's "habit of printing his scenes askew, with floors sloping at a diagonal and close-ups deliriously tilted" as "most distracting". American director William Wyler , Reed's close friend, sent him a spirit level , with a note saying, "Carol, next time you make a picture, just put it on top of the camera, will you? Upon its release in Britain and America, the film received overwhelmingly positive reviews. His eminent gifts for compressing a wealth of suggestion in single shots, for building up agonized tension and popping surprises are fully exercised. His devilishly mischievous humor also runs lightly through the film, touching the darker depressions with little glints of the gay or macabre. Critics subsequently hailed the film as a masterpiece. Roger Ebert added the film to his "Great Movies" list and wrote, "Of all the movies that I have seen, this one most completely embodies the romance of going to the movies. Gene Siskel remarked that it was an "exemplary piece of moviemaking, highlighting the ruins of World War II and juxtaposing it with the characters' own damaged histories". It became a best-seller; by November , , records had been sold in Britain, with the teen-aged Princess Margaret a reported fan. British Academy Film Awards. Directors Guild of America. National Board of Review. In , viewers of BBC Television's Newsnight Review voted the film their fourth favourite of all time, the only film in the top five made before The film also placed 57th on the American Film Institute 's list of top American films in , though the film's only American connections were its executive co-producer David O. Selznick and its actors Orson Welles and Joseph Cotten. In June , the American Film Institute AFI revealed its 10 Top 10 —the best 10 films in 10 "classic" American film genres—after polling over 1, people from the creative community. The Third Man was acknowledged as the fifth best film in the mystery genre. In the United Kingdom, films of this vintage are copyright protected as dramatic works until 70 years after the end of the year in which that last "principal author" died. This film lapsed into public domain in the United States when the copyright was not renewed after David Selznick 's death. Holder that the copyright clause of the United States Constitution does not prevent the U. Following the ruling, notable films such as The Third Man and The 39 Steps were taken back out of the public domain and became fully copyrighted in the United States. A British radio drama series, The Adventures of Harry Lime broadcast in the US as The Lives of Harry Lime , created as a "prequel" to the film, centres on Lime's adventures prior to his "death in Vienna", and Welles reprises his role as a Lime somewhat less nefarious adventurer anti-hero than the sociopathic opportunist depicted in the film's incarnation. Fifty-two episodes aired in and , several of which Welles wrote, including "Ticket to Tangiers", which is included on the Criterion Collection and Studio Canal releases of The Third Man. A television spin-off starring Michael Rennie as Harry Lime ran for five seasons from to Seventy-seven episodes were filmed; directors included Paul Henreid 10 episodes and Arthur Hiller six episodes. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the film. For other uses, see The Third Man disambiguation. American theatrical release poster. London Films. Release date. Running time. United Kingdom [4]. What sort of music it is, whether jaunty or sad, fierce or provoking, it would be hard to reckon; but under its enthrallment, the camera comes into play The unseen zither-player Main article: The Third Man Theme. Film portal. Retrieved 2 February British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 19 February Retrieved 22 March Halliwell's Film Guide. New York: Harper Perennial. Time Out. Archived from the original on 13 February Archived from the original on 16 August Retrieved 22 July Donaghy Conversations With Graham Greene. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi. The Guardian. Retrieved 23 December Retrieved 2 September Selznick's Hollywood. Alfred A. Welles in the Limelight JonathanRosenbaum. Orson Welles: Interviews. Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, Korda: Britain's Movie Mogul. Tauris, Carol Reed's The Third Man. Criterion Collection. Retrieved 15 August Journal of Austrian-American History. BBC Four. December Archived from the original on 20 April The Fabulous Orson Welles. Sep 5, Orson Welles The Third Man. Joseph Cotten Holly Martins. Trevor Howard Major Calloway. Alida Valli Anna Schmidt. Paul Hoerbiger Porter. Ernst Deutsch "Baron" Kurtz. Erich Ponto Dr. Siegfried Breuer Popescu. Bernard Lee Sergeant Paine. Hedwig Bleibtreu Anna's Old Landlady. Carol Reed Director. Graham Greene Writer Story. Alexander Korda Writer Story. Graham Greene Writer. Alexander Korda Producer. Hugh Perceval Associate Producer. Carol Reed Producer. David O. Selznick Producer. Anton Karas Original Music. Robert Krasker Cinematographer. Finding Dory , The People v. June 26, Full Review…. August 11, Full Review…. September 4, Full Review…. December 4, Full Review…. January 5, Full Review…. December 12, Full Review…. View All Critic Reviews Feb 16, All is absurd. The war is over, Vienna is in ruins, and the black market reigns. The Allies have divided the city into zones, and the long reach of the Soviets is beginning to assert itself. When a pulp fiction writer Joseph Cotten arrives looking for his friend but finds he's died under what seem like suspicious circumstances, he doesn't know who to trust. His friend's associates are shady, and the authorities uncaring. Morality itself also seems to be in ruins. Strong direction from Carol Reed, excellent cinematography Robert Krasker, and a musical score from Anton Karas based entirely on the zither make for a unique, and very good film. Cotten, Alida Valli the girlfriend , and Trevor Howard the investigating major all turn in solid performances, but it's Orson Welles who is absolutely brilliant, though his role is smaller. His acting is fantastic in the scene at the top of the Ferris wheel, where, among other things, he comments so blithely on doing harm to his fellow man by saying "Victims? Don't be melodramatic. Look down there. Tell me, would you really feel any pity if one of those dots stopped moving forever? If I offered you twenty thousand pounds for every dot that stopped, would you really, old man, tell me to keep my money, or would you calculate how many dots you could afford to spare? Free of income tax, old man. Free of income tax - the only way you can save money nowadays.