The Third Man (Der dritte Mann) is a 1949 film noir directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene, and starring Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins, Alida Valli as Anna Schmidt, Orson …

Dec 8, 1996 · “The Third Man” (1949) was made by men who knew the devastation of Europe at first hand. Carol Reed worked for the British Army’s wartime documentary unit, and the …

The Third Man: Directed by Carol Reed. With Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard. Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself …

Set in postwar Vienna, Austria, "The Third Man" stars Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, who arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime (Orson...

Dec 30, 2025 · The film is notable for its black and white German Expressionist-style cinematography helmed by Robert Krasker. As for the plot, The Third Man takes place in …

Sep 25, 2025 · The Third Man is a film noir thriller that combines elements of mystery, drama, and suspense, focusing on themes of betrayal, moral ambiguity, and the impact of war.

In a 1994 episode of Siskel & Ebert, Ebert named Lime as his favourite film villain. Gene Siskel remarked that The Third Man was an "exemplary piece of moviemaking, highlighting the ruins …

It was a clever and original mystery tale simply evoked by one sentence written by Greene: "I saw a man walking down the Strand, whose funeral I had only recently attended." It told of a love …

In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died.

Nov 10, 2023 · The zither—jaunty, jarring, poignant, at times evocative of Johann Strauss II—is so crucial that an image of its strings, playing what became known as “The Third Man Theme” …