Der dritte Mann

Originaltitel: The Third Man

1949
12
1 Std. 44 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

8,1/10

186.899

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

2.716

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Film Noir Hard-boiled Detective Whodunnit Drama Mystery Thriller

Der Autor Holly Martins reist in ein düsteres Wien der Nachkriegszeit, wo er den mysteriösen Tod seines alten Freundes Harry Lime untersucht.Der Autor Holly Martins reist in ein düsteres Wien der Nachkriegszeit, wo er den mysteriösen Tod seines alten Freundes Harry Lime untersucht.Der Autor Holly Martins reist in ein düsteres Wien der Nachkriegszeit, wo er den mysteriösen Tod seines alten Freundes Harry Lime untersucht.

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

8,1/10

186.899

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

2.716

851

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Am besten bewerteter Film #212

1 Oscar gewonnen
- 5 Gewinne & 4 Nominierungen insgesamt

Karl
(as Paul Hoerbiger)

Ernst Deutsch

Baron Kurtz

Erich Ponto

Dr. Winkel

Siegfried Breuer

Popescu

Hedwig Bleibtreu

Anna's Landlady

Bernard Lee

Sgt. Paine

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Crabbin

Nelly Arno

Kurtz's Mother
(Nicht genannt)

Jack Arrow

International Patrol A
(Nicht genannt)

Harold Ayer

Soldier
(Nicht genannt)

Harry Belcher

Man Chasing Holly
(Nicht genannt)

Leo Bieber

Casanova Barman
(Nicht genannt)

Paul Birch

Military Policeman
(Nicht genannt)

Martin Boddey

Russian Military Policeman
(Nicht genannt)

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Wissenswertes
The Vienna Police Dept. has a special unit that is assigned solely to patrol the city's intricate sewer system, as its network of interlocking tunnels make great hiding places for criminals on the run from the law, stolen property, drugs, etc. The "actors" playing police officers in the film were actually off-duty members of that unit.

Patzer
In the two separate back projection shots of Calloway, Martins and Paine, supposedly traveling in a jeep at night in Vienna, a double-decker London bus can be seen in the background.

Zitate
Harry Lime: Don't be so gloomy. After all, it's not that awful. Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. So long, Holly.

Crazy Credits
Opening credits prologue: V I E N N A

Alternative Versionen
The UK version features introductory voice-over by the director Carol Reed; in the US version Joseph Cotten provides the voice-over, as his character Holly Martins. The UK version runs 104 minutes, versus the US version at 93 minutes, which was cut by producer David O. Selznick to give the film a tighter pace. Both versions have been released on video in the U.S., but as of today the most common is the longer British cut. A video comparison between the narrations appears on the U.S. Criterion Collection DVD.

Verbindungen
Edited into American Cinema: Film Noir (1995)

Soundtracks
The Third Man Theme
(1949) (uncredited)
Written by Anton Karas
Performed by Anton Karas on a zither

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A Few Personal Notes

No need to recap the oft-repeated plot. So why bother commenting after 500+ reviews. I guess it's because I'm a movie lover and want to enter my little note of appreciation. What sticks in my mind from the movie's first release are the visuals. They're among the most memorable if not the most memorable in film annals. In sum, they're a nightmare world of emptiness-the streets, the walkways, the dead hulking edifices. It's a communal world emptied of community, leaving only ruins and shells. The metaphor for a post-war Europe is unmistakable, while only the morally destitute like Harry Lime have thrived. I can't imagine that filming in color was actually entertained (IMDB). Had that happened, the film would have passed into semi-obscurity unlike its now celebrated status. Note too, that no one ends up happy, in contrast to narrative norms of the day. I think what brought many folks to showings at the time was the unfamiliar zither music. As I recall, a commercial cut was heard regularly on the radio. Still, I expect a lot of folks left the theater put-off by the bleakly unhappy world they had just seen. Anyway, the movie remains a brilliant slice of cinematic imagination and should not be missed.