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 Cotton, Citizen Kane), a naïve 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 Martin’s curiosity lead him to discover things about his old friend that he’d rather not know?

Product details

Actor	Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard, Alida Valli, Orson Welles
Director	Carol Reed
Label	Studiocanal

Languages	English
Content	Blu-ray
Edition	Vintage Classics, b/w
Publication date	16.06.2025
Genre	Crime Thriller

Length	104 minutes
Audio	English
Year of production	1949
Original title	The Third Man
Version	UK Version
Region code	B

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Der dritte Mann

Written on 30. January 2012 by J.Winterberg.

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Ein Meisterwerk!!!
Der dritte Mann

Written on 20. November 2002 by Hauck Roger.

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Obwohl der dritte Mann bereits über ein halbes Jahrhundert auf dem Buckel hat, fasziniert er auch heute noch seine Zuseher mit einer Atmosphäre, die in farbigen Bildern nie ihre Wirkung so bedrohlich und spannend entfalten könnte. Die Kulisse des zerbombten und aufgeteilten Wiens, sowie die Verfolgungsjagd durch die Kanalisation (in Wirklichkeit eigentlich das Flussbett des unterirdischen Flusses «Wien») machen diesen Film, neben schauspielerischen Leistungen und der unverwechselbaren Zittermusik, zu einem der allerbesten Filme des letzten Jahrhunderts.

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