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The Third Man - Overview.
The story is set in a bomb-damaged Vienna, just after the Second World War, and is told from the point of view of a mildly successful pulp author, Holly Martins, who is searching for his schoolfriend Harry Lime who had offered him the opportunity to work with him in Vienna.
The Third Man - Synopsis.
At the beginning of the film, Martins discovers that his old friend Harry Lime, whom he had not seen in several years, has been killed in an accident under ...
See also:The Third Man, The Third Man - Plot, The Third Man - Overview, The Third Man - Synopsis, The Third Man - Alternate version, The Third Man - Adaptation of the source material, The Third Man - Style, The Third Man - Cast, The Third Man - Awards, The Third Man - Adaptations and spin-offs, The Third Man - Quote, The Third Man - Other alterations to the script, The Third Man - Common misconceptions, The Third Man - Copyright status Read more here: » The Third Man: Encyclopedia II - The Third Man - Plot |
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| | | | The Third Man - Synopsis: Encyclopedia II - The Third Man - Plot
The Third Man - Overview.
The story is set in a bomb-damaged Vienna, just after the Second World War, and is told from the point of view of a mildly successful pulp author, Holly Martins, who is searching for his schoolfriend Harry Lime who had invited him to visit.
The Third Man - Synopsis.
At the beginning of the film, Martins discovers that his old friend Harry Lime, whom he had not seen in several years, has been killed in an accident under mysterious circumstances just pri ...
See also:The Third Man, The Third Man - Plot, The Third Man - Overview, The Third Man - Synopsis, The Third Man - Alternate version, The Third Man - Adaptation of the source material, The Third Man - Style, The Third Man - Cast, The Third Man - Awards, The Third Man - Adaptations and spin-offs, The Third Man - Quote, The Third Man - Other alterations to the script, The Third Man - Common misconceptions, The Third Man - Copyright status Read more here: » The Third Man: Encyclopedia II - The Third Man - Plot |
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| | | | The Third Man - Synopsis: Encyclopedia II - The Third Man - Quote In a famous scene, looking down upon the people beneath from his vantage point on top of the Riesenrad, the large Ferris wheel in the Prater amusement park, Lime compares them to dots. Back on the ground, he makes the now famous remark:
"In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder, bloodshed — they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and wh ...
See also:The Third Man, The Third Man - Plot, The Third Man - Overview, The Third Man - Synopsis, The Third Man - Alternate version, The Third Man - Adaptation of the source material, The Third Man - Style, The Third Man - Cast, The Third Man - Awards, The Third Man - Adaptations and spin-offs, The Third Man - Quote, The Third Man - Other alterations to the script, The Third Man - Common misconceptions, The Third Man - Copyright status Read more here: » The Third Man: Encyclopedia II - The Third Man - Quote |
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| | | | The Third Man - Synopsis: Encyclopedia II - The Third Man - Awards The film won the 1949 Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the Cannes Film Festival, a British Academy Award for Best Film, and an Academy Award for Best Black and White Cinematography in 1950.
The film was also voted the best British film of all time by the British Film Institute, and in public opinion polls is consistently placed in the top ten British films of all time. In 1999 it came first in a BFI poll of British films, while in 2004 the magazine Total Film named it the third greatest British film. The film also placed 57th ...
See also:The Third Man, The Third Man - Plot, The Third Man - Overview, The Third Man - Synopsis, The Third Man - Alternate version, The Third Man - Adaptation of the source material, The Third Man - Style, The Third Man - Cast, The Third Man - Awards, The Third Man - Adaptations and spin-offs, The Third Man - Quote, The Third Man - Other alterations to the script, The Third Man - Common misconceptions, The Third Man - Copyright status Read more here: » The Third Man: Encyclopedia II - The Third Man - Awards |
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| | | | The Third Man - Synopsis: Encyclopedia II - The Third Man - Style The atmospheric use of black and white expressionist cinematography (by Robert Krasker), with harsh lighting and distorted camera angles, is a key feature of this rich and strange film. Combined with the unique musical theme, seedy locations,and excellent performances from the cast, the style evokes the atmosphere of an exhausted, cynical post-war Vienna at the start of the Cold War.
The distinctive musical score was composed and played on the zither by Anton Karas (1906 – 1985). A single, The Third Man Theme, released in 1950 (Decca in UK, London Records in USA) became a bes ...
See also:The Third Man, The Third Man - Plot, The Third Man - Overview, The Third Man - Synopsis, The Third Man - Alternate version, The Third Man - Adaptation of the source material, The Third Man - Style, The Third Man - Cast, The Third Man - Awards, The Third Man - Adaptations and spin-offs, The Third Man - Quote, The Third Man - Other alterations to the script, The Third Man - Common misconceptions, The Third Man - Copyright status Read more here: » The Third Man: Encyclopedia II - The Third Man - Style |
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