Il terzo uomo

Titolo originale: The Third Man

1949
T
1h 44min

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Lo scrittore di romanzi di bassa lega Holly Martins parte per una oscura Vienna del dopoguerra e si trova a dover indagare sul caso della misteriosa morte di un suo vecchio amico, Harry Lime... Leggi tuttoLo scrittore di romanzi di bassa lega Holly Martins parte per una oscura Vienna del dopoguerra e si trova a dover indagare sul caso della misteriosa morte di un suo vecchio amico, Harry Lime.Lo scrittore di romanzi di bassa lega Holly Martins parte per una oscura Vienna del dopoguerra e si trova a dover indagare sul caso della misteriosa morte di un suo vecchio amico, Harry Lime.

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185.867

LA TUA VALUTAZIONE

POPOLARITÀ

1.879

464

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Film più votato #211

Vincitore di 1 Oscar
- 5 vittorie e 4 candidature totali

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
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Jack Arrow

International Patrol A
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Harold Ayer

Soldier
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Harry Belcher

Man Chasing Holly
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Leo Bieber

Casanova Barman
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Paul Birch

Military Policeman
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Martin Boddey

Russian Military Policeman
(non citato nei titoli originali)

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Il mistero del falco

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Viale del tramonto

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Il posto delle fragole

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Vite vendute

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Vogliamo vivere!

8,2

Eva contro Eva

Trama

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Quiz
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.

Blooper
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.

Citazioni
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.

Curiosità sui crediti
Opening credits prologue: V I E N N A

Versioni alternative
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.

Connessioni
Edited into American Cinema: Film Noir (1995)

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

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Oblique Noir...

Holly Martins has just arrived in Vienna, but he's found himself with a small dilemma, his mate Harry has just died, with a car he did collide, although the circumstance is causing him some bother. As he peels back several lids of several cans, it transpires Harry was a wanted man, had his fingers in some pies, to do with medical supplies, the authorities were not his biggest fan.

Dark and deceptive goings on, above and below the streets of Vienna post WWII, with some outstanding and perpetually incredible performances against a background of shadows, shifting perspectives and immoral behaviour.