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Film details
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Featuring
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Director
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Country
United Kingdom
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Year
1949
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Genre
Thriller
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Introduction
“The Third Man knows that there is no such thing as a comprehensive outlook on the world and that there is more which is secret and indefinable in people (and places) than is open and intelligible.”
Rob White, The Third Man, 2003
Director Carol Reed outdid himself with this noirish thriller set against a Europe physically and morally devastated by war. Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) – an American writer of cowboy stories – comes to Vienna to visit his old pal Harry Lime, only to be told he has died. Encountering a British military policeman (Trevor Howard) and Lime’s girlfriend (Alida Valli), Martins is forced to reassess both his friend and his own world view.
The Third Man is a consummate production, from Graham Greene’s witty, disturbing screenplay to Robert Krasker’s evocatively skewed photography and Anton Karas’ unforgettable zither score. But, despite his minimal screen time, Orson Welles’ amoral Harry Lime steals the show – thanks partly to the famous ‘cuckoo clock’ speech penned by Welles himself.
Reed and Greene had previously collaborated on The Fallen Idol (1947), while real-life buddies Welles and Cotten portrayed another curdled friendship in Welles’ Citizen Kane (1941).
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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[Prologue Narrator]
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[Prologue Narrator (US Version)]
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Holly Martins
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Anna Schmidt
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Harry Lime
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Major Calloway
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Karl, Harry's porter
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'Baron' Kurtz
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Dr Winkel
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Popescu
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Anna's landlady
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Sergeant Paine
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Crabbin
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[American MP at railway station]
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[Schmolka bartender]
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[Hartman, hall porter at Sacher's]
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[Karl's wife]
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[Hansl]
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[Hilde, Winkel's maid]
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[Colonel Brodsky]
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[Hansl's father]
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[taxi driver]
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[Russian military police]
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[British military police]
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[nurse]
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[barman at Casanova Club]
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[Kurtz's mother]
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[page]
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[under porter]
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[barman at Sacher's]
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[head waiter]
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[Josefstadt Theatre people]
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[Josefstadt Theatre people]
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[man chasing Holly]
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[man chasing Holly]
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[international patrol A]
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[international patrol A]
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[international patrol A]
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[international patrol A]
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[international patrol B]
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[international patrol B]
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[international patrol B]
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[international patrol B]
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[international patrol C]
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[international patrol C]
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[international patrol C]
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[international patrol C]
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[international patrol D]
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[international patrol D]
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[waiter]
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[Colonel O'Sullivan]
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[military policeman in sewer chase]
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[.]
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Credits
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Direction:
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Directed by
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Assistant Director
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[Assistant Director (2nd)]
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[Assistant Director (3rd)]
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[Assistant (Sewer scenes)]
Joe Marks (uncredited)
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Continuity
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[Assistant Continuity]
Rights:
Production:
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a London Film production
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[Production Company]
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Distributed by [GB prints]
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Distributed by [US prints]
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Presented by
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Presented by
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Produced by
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Associate Producer
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Production Manager
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[In Charge of B Unit]
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[B Unit Accountant/Cashier]
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[Production Secretary]
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[B Unit Production Assistant]
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Produced at
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[Studio]
Writing:
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Screen Play by
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[Original Story] By
Photography:
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Photographed by
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Additional Photography
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Additional Photography
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Camera Operator
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Camera Operator
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[B Unit Camera Operator]
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[Focus Puller]
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[B Unit Focus Puller]
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[Clapper Loader]
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[Loader]
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[Chief Floor Electrician]
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[Electrician]
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[Electrician]
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[Electrician]
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[Camera Grip]
Stills:
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[Stills]
Editing:
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Editor
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Assembly Cutter
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[Assistant Editor]
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[Assistant Cutter]
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[Assistant Cutter]
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[Extra Assistant Cutter]
Design:
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Sets Designed by
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[Sets Designed] With
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[Sets Designed] With
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Assistant Art Director
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Assistant Art Director
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[Set Dresser]
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[Production Buyer]
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[Chief Floor Props]
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[Floor Props]
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[Floor Props]
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[Floor Props]
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[Standby Carpenter]
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[Standby Painter]
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[Standby Plasterer]
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[Standby Rigger]
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[Stagehand]
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[Stagehand]
Costumes:
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Wardrobe
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[Wardrobe Master]
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[Ladies' Assistant Wardrobe]
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[Men's Assistant Wardrobe]
Make-up:
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Make-up
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[Assistant Make-up]
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Hairdressing
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[Assistant Hairdresser]
Music:
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Zither Music Played by
Sound:
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Sound Supervisor
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Sound Recording
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Sound Recording
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[B Unit Sound Recordist]
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[Sound Camera Operator]
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[B Unit Sound Cam Operator/Maintenance]
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logo [Sound System]
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[Boom Operator]
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[Sound Maintenance]
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Sound Editor
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[Assistant Sound Editor]
Stunts:
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[Double for Orson Welles in Sewer Chase]
Consultant:
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Austrian Advisor
Publicity:
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[Publicity]
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