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The Third Man
Directed by Carol Reed
Produced by Alexander Korda, David O. Selznick
Written by Graham Greene
Starring Joseph Cotten
Alida Valli
Orson Welles
Trevor Howard
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Bernard Lee
Music by Anton Karas
Cinematography Robert Krasker
Editing by Oswald Hafenrichter
Distributed by British Lion Films (UK)
Release date(s) September 2, 1949 (UK)
2 January 1950 (USA)
Running time 104 min. For the New York weathercaster see Carol Reed (weather broadcaster. Sir Alexander Korda (September 16 1893 - January 23 1956 was a Hungarian-born Film director and producer. David O Selznick, born David Selznick ( May 10, 1902 &ndash June 22, 1965) was one of the iconic Hollywood producers Henry Graham Greene OM, CH (2 October 1904 &ndash 3 April 1991 was an English writer best known as a novelist but who also produced Short stories Joseph Cheshire Cotten ( May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American Actor of stage and Film Alida Valli (31 May 1921 – 22 April 2006 sometimes simply credited as Valli, was an Italian actress who appeared in over 100 films including Carol Reed's George Orson Welles (May 6 1915 – October 10 1985 was an Academy Award -winning director, writer actor and producer for film stage radio and television For the footballer see Trevor Howard (footballer Trevor Howard, CBE ( 29 September 1913 Wilfrid Hyde-White ( 12 May, 1903 – 6 May, 1991) was an English Character actor. Bernard Lee ( 10 January 1908 &ndash 16 January 1981) was an English Actor, best known for his role as M in Anton Karas ( July 7 1906 &ndash January 10 1985) was a Viennese Zither player best known for his Soundtrack Robert Krasker, ASC ( 21 August, 1913 - 16 August, 1981) was a gifted Cinematographer, who worked on more than fifty films in his Yugoslavian born editor Oswald Hafenrichter (1899 - 1973 began his career with a series of German films in the early 30s and some Italian films in the mid 40s British Lion Films Corporation is a film production and distribution company active under several forms since 1919 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
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Language English
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The Third Man (1949) is a British film noir directed by Carol Reed and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli and Orson Welles. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The year 1949 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The United Kingdom has been influential in the technological, commercial and artistic development of cinema. Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize moral ambiguity and sexual motivation For the New York weathercaster see Carol Reed (weather broadcaster. Joseph Cheshire Cotten ( May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American Actor of stage and Film Alida Valli (31 May 1921 – 22 April 2006 sometimes simply credited as Valli, was an Italian actress who appeared in over 100 films including Carol Reed's George Orson Welles (May 6 1915 – October 10 1985 was an Academy Award -winning director, writer actor and producer for film stage radio and television The screenplay was written by novelist Graham Greene. Henry Graham Greene OM, CH (2 October 1904 &ndash 3 April 1991 was an English writer best known as a novelist but who also produced Short stories Greene wrote a novella of the same name in preparation for the screenplay, and this was published in 1950.

The film won the 1949 Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, the British Academy Award for Best Film, and an Academy Award for Best Black and White Cinematography in 1950. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is an Academy Award awarded each year to a Cinematographer for work in one particular Motion picture.

In 1999, the British Film Institute selected The Third Man as the best British film of the 20th century; five years later, the magazine Total Film ranked it fourth. The British Film Institute ( BFI) is a charitable organisation established by Royal Charter to encourage the development of the arts of film television In 1999 the British Film Institute surveyed 1000 people from the world of UK film and television to produce the BFI 100 list of the greatest British films of the 20th Total Film, published by Future Publishing, is the United Kingdom 's second best-selling Film Magazine. The film also placed 57th on the American Film Institute's list of top American films, "100 Years... 100 Movies" in 1998, an accolade which is controversial because the film's only American connection was its executive co-producer, David O. Selznick; the other two, Sir Alexander Korda and Carol Reed, were British. The American Film Institute ( AFI) is an independent Non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 The first of the AFI 100 Years series of cinematic milestones AFI's 100 Years David O Selznick, born David Selznick ( May 10, 1902 &ndash June 22, 1965) was one of the iconic Hollywood producers Sir Alexander Korda (September 16 1893 - January 23 1956 was a Hungarian-born Film director and producer. For the New York weathercaster see Carol Reed (weather broadcaster. In 2005, viewers of BBC Television's Newsnight Review voted the film their fourth favourite of all time; it was the only film in the top five made prior to 1970. For the CNN programme see NewsNight with Aaron Brown Newsnight is a British daily News analysis

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Plot

Synopsis

The story is set in Austria's capital city, Vienna, just after the Second World War, when the city was divided into four zones controlled by the Allied powers of Great Britain, France, the USA, and the USSR. Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The central character is American pulp western author Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) who is seeking an old friend, Harry Lime (Orson Welles), who has offered him the opportunity to work with him in Vienna. Pulp magazines (or pulp fiction; often referred to as "the pulps" were inexpensive Fiction magazines Joseph Cheshire Cotten ( May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American Actor of stage and Film George Orson Welles (May 6 1915 – October 10 1985 was an Academy Award -winning director, writer actor and producer for film stage radio and television

Details

Upon his arrival in Vienna, Martins heads to stay with his friend Harry Lime. When he arrives at Harry's apartment, Holly learns that Lime has been recently killed by a lorry while crossing the street. Shocked, Holly heads to the cemetery to attend Harry's funeral, where he meets a British military police officer, Major Calloway (Trevor Howard). For the footballer see Trevor Howard (footballer Trevor Howard, CBE ( 29 September 1913 After the services, Calloway gives Holly a lift to his hotel and advises the American to leave Vienna as he can do nothing more than get himself into trouble.

At the hotel, Holly agrees to speak to an assembly of members of the local book club and arranges a meeting with a friend of Harry's, Baron Kurtz (Ernst Deutsch). Ernst Deutsch aka Ernest Dorian ( September 16 1890 in Prague – March 22 1969 in Berlin) was an Austrian actor Holly meets the man in the Mozart Café to discuss Harry's death. Kurtz relates that he and Popescu, another friend of Harry's, had picked him up and brought him over to the side of the street, where Harry asked them to take care of Holly and Anna (Alida Valli), Harry's actress girlfriend. Alida Valli (31 May 1921 – 22 April 2006 sometimes simply credited as Valli, was an Italian actress who appeared in over 100 films including Carol Reed's Kurtz tells Holly which theatre Anna works in, but advises against investigating.

Holly heads to Anna's theatre and arranges a meeting with her. During their conversation, Holly becomes suspicious and wonders if Harry's death had really been an accident. Later, the porter at Harry's apartment house tells Holly that there is no way that Harry could have been alive after being hit by the lorry, due to the way his neck was bent. He adds that he saw three men carry the body across the street, not two, as Baron Kurtz and Popescu had claimed. Holly tries to get the porter to tell his story to the police, but he refuses, becomes agitated, and asks Holly to leave.

Holly walks Anna back to her apartment, where the police are searching her room. When they find a forged passport they leave, taking Anna with them. A passport is a document issued by a national government which certifies for the purpose of international travel the identity and nationality of its holder Holly speaks with the other witnesses, but learns nothing new.

The next day, the porter asks Holly to meet him that night so he can give Holly more information. Holly convinces Anna to accompany him and translate. They arrive at the porter's apartment, only to find that he has been murdered. The crowd around the building suspects Holly and chases after him. Holly eludes capture and arrives at the book club meeting. There, he tries to field intellectual questions such as whether he uses the stream of consciousness technique and who has influenced his work. He stammers out a few brief answers, satisfying no one. Virtually everyone in the audience walks out on his presentation. After saying that his upcoming novel is called The Third Man and is inspired by actual facts, Holly flees when he notices two suspicious-looking men at the back of the hall. He eventually meets up with Calloway.

Calloway advises Holly to leave Vienna and, when Holly refuses, reveals the truth about Harry's racket. Calloway says that Harry stole penicillin from military hospitals and then sold it in diluted form, and in the process killed or injured many people. Penicillin (sometimes abbreviated PCN or pen) is a group of Beta-lactam antibiotics used in the treatment of Bacterial Infections A hospital is an institution for Health care providing treatment by specialised staff and equipment and often but not always providing for After seeing the evidence, Holly is convinced of Harry's crimes and agrees to leave Vienna. As he departs the police station, a Russian officer comes in and asks Calloway for Anna's passport so that he may arrest her despite Calloway's reluctance. The Russian people (Русские— Russkie) are an East Slavic Ethnic group, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries

Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles
Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles

Holly heads back to Anna's apartment to say goodbye and discovers that she has also learned what Lime did. Leaving her apartment, Holly hears Anna's cat meow, looks across the darkened square, and barely discerns a man in the doorway, the cat rubbing against his legs. A moment later, a woman across the street opens her window to yell at Holly, spilling light onto the man in the doorway. It is Harry Lime, alive and well. Harry runs off around the corner and disappears, prompting Holly to summon Calloway, who determines that Harry has escaped into the sewers via a kiosk. Calloway realizes that Harry has used the sewer tunnels to move about the city undetected. The police then exhume Harry's coffin and find that another man, Joseph Harbin, has been buried in his place. (Harbin, an orderly in a military hospital, was thought to have stolen the penicillin. ) In this way, Harry himself is revealed to be the third man who carried the body at his own staged death.

The next day, Holly meets with Harry on Vienna's celebrated Ferris wheel, the Riesenrad, in the Wurstelprater amusement park in Leopoldstadt, the 2nd district. A Ferris wheel (also known as an observation wheel or big wheel) is a Nonbuilding structure consisting of an upright wheel with passenger gondolas attached The Wurstelprater is an Amusement park and section of the Wiener Prater (a park in the second district of Vienna, Leopoldstadt. Theme park is the generic term for a collection of rides and other Entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a large group This article is about a district of Vienna Leopoldstadt is also the German name for the town Leopoldov in Slovakia They talk and Harry offers to bring Holly in on his racket. Holly is disgusted by Harry's business and says so. In an effort to bring Holly over to his side, Harry compares the people moving on the ground far below to dots, and asks Holly if he really cares about them.

Calloway asks Holly to help capture Harry by luring him to a cafe in the International Zone where the police can apprehend him. Holly negotiates safe conduct for Anna out of Vienna, but Anna discovers the plot and refuses to leave. Holly reconsiders his involvement and tries to call it off, but Calloway takes him to a hospital and shows him children who died of meningitis after receiving Lime's under-strength penicillin. Meningitis is Inflammation of the protective membranes covering the Brain and Spinal cord, known collectively as the Meninges. Holly again agrees to assist in the trap. When Harry arrives at the cafe, he evades capture but the police chase him into the sewers. Harry is eventually cornered and he opens fire on Sgt. Paine, killing him. Harry is then shot by Major Calloway, but manages to drag himself up a staircase and up to a grating. Holly then takes Sgt. Paine's gun and, after a moment of hesitation, kills his old friend. Holly attends Harry's second funeral. Afterwards, he waits in the road to speak with Anna, but she simply walks past him.

Differences between releases

As the original British release begins, an unnamed narrator (actually the voice of director Carol Reed) is heard describing post-war Vienna from the point of view of a racketeer. The version shown in American theatres replaced this with narration by Holly Martins. This change was made by David O. Selznick, who did not think American audiences would relate to the seedy tone of the original. David O Selznick, born David Selznick ( May 10, 1902 &ndash June 22, 1965) was one of the iconic Hollywood producers [1] In addition, eleven minutes were cut. [2] Today, Reed's original version now appears on American DVDs and in showings on Turner Classic Movies (both the Criterion Collection and Studio Canal releases include a comparison of the two opening monologues. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is Turner Classic Movies ( TCM) is a cable television channel featuring commercial -free classic movies mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner )

Adaptation of the source material

Before writing the screenplay, Greene worked out the atmosphere, characterization, and mood of the story by writing a novella. This was written purely to be used as a source text for the screenplay and was never intended to be read by the general public, although it was later published (alongside The Fallen Idol). The Fallen Idol is a 1948 film directed by Carol Reed and based on the Short story The Basement Room, by Graham Greene.

The narrator in the novella is Major Calloway, a British military policeman, which gives the book a slightly different emphasis from that of the screenplay. Major is a Military rank the use of which varies according to country Military police ( MPs) are normally the Police of a Military Organization. A small portion of his narration is retained in a modified form at the very beginning of the film, the part in which (Reed's) voice-over declaims: "I never knew the old Vienna. . . "

Other differences include the nationality of both Holly and Harry; they are English in the book. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Martins' first name is Rollo rather than Holly. Popescu's character is an American called Cooler.

Perhaps the fundamental difference is the end of the novella, in which it is implied that Anna and Rollo (Holly) are about to begin a new life together, in stark contrast to the unmistakable snub by Anna that marks the end of the movie. Anna does walk away from Harry's grave in the book, but the text continues: "I watched him striding off on his overgrown legs after the girl. He caught her up and they walked side by side. I don't think he said a word to her: it was like the end of a story. He was a very bad shot and a very bad judge of character, but he had a way with Westerns (a trick of tension) and with girls (I wouldn't know what)". In some prints of the film, the last few seconds have been deleted to try to conceal the snub and manufacture the happy ending of the book. During the shooting of the film, the final scene was the subject of a dispute between Greene, who wanted the happy ending of the novella, and Selznick and Reed, who stubbornly refused to end the film on what they felt was an artificially happy note. This is one of the few areas where Reed and Selznick did not clash during the production.

Production

The film was shot on location in Vienna with additional scenes shot in England. Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The tall and wide sewer shown in the film is in fact the tunnel of the Wien River (Vienna River), although many shots were also filmed in a London studio. The Wien is a River that flows through the city of Vienna. It is 34  Kilometres long (21 miles of which 15 km are within the city The Wien is a River that flows through the city of Vienna. It is 34  Kilometres long (21 miles of which 15 km are within the city London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. After one day's shooting, Welles declined to film in the sewers and sets were built at Shepperton Studios to finish the film. Shepperton Studios, located in Shepperton, Surrey, England is a film studio with a long history of film making There is a great deal of footage using doubles for Welles that were shot in the actual sewers[3]. Water was sprayed on the cobbled streets to make them reflect the light at night[3].

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 The Third Man. Expressionism is the tendency of an artist to distort reality for an Emotional effect it is a subjective art form See also Filmmaking Cinematography (from Greek: kinesis κινησις (movement and grapho γραφω (to record is the discipline Robert Krasker, ASC ( 21 August, 1913 - 16 August, 1981) was a gifted Cinematographer, who worked on more than fifty films in his Modern stage lighting is a flexible Tool in the production of Theatre, Dance, Opera and other Performance arts Combined with the unique theme music, seedy locations, and acclaimed performances from the cast, the style evokes the atmosphere of an exhausted, cynical post-war Vienna at the start of the Cold War. Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the The film's unusual camera angles, however, were not appreciated by all critics. C. A. Lejeune in The Observer described Reed's "habit of printing his scenes askew, with floors sloping at a diagonal and close-ups deliriously tilted" as "most distracting". The Observer is a British Newspaper published on Sundays In about the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Reputedly American director William Wyler, a close friend of Reed's, sent him a spirit level, with a note saying, "Carol, next time you make a picture, just put it on top of the camera, will you?". William Wyler ( July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a four-time Academy Award -winning motion picture director A spirit level or bubble level is an instrument designed to indicate whether a surface is Level or Plumb.

Score

The distinctive musical score was composed by Anton Karas and played by him on the zither. Anton Karas ( July 7 1906 &ndash January 10 1985) was a Viennese Zither player best known for his Soundtrack The zither is a musical String instrument, most commonly found in Slovenia, Austria, Hungary, the southern regions of Germany, alpine Before the production came to Vienna, Karas was an unknown wine bar performer. Reed and Howard fell in love with Karas' zither music after hearing him play in a Viennese café. Karas agreed to record some of his compositions on a reel-to-reel tape machine that Reed set up in the bedroom of his hotel. "The Third Man Theme", was released as a single in 1950 (Decca in UK, London Records in USA). " The Third Man Theme " is an Instrumental written and performed by Anton Karas for the soundtrack to the film The Third Man It became a best-seller and later an LP was released. A gramophone The exposure made Karas an international star. [4] Film critic Roger Ebert wrote, "Has there ever been a film where the music more perfectly suited the action than in Carol Reed's 'The Third Man'?"[5]

The comedian Victor Borge later covered the theme on piano for his album Caught in the Act, and a version with a faster tempo and without the zither was featured on the album "Going Places" by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. Roger Joseph Ebert (iːbɝt born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and Screenwriter. Victor Borge (pronounced "BOR-guh" January 3 1909 &ndash December 23 2000) was a Danish-American humorist entertainer and pianist Herbert "Herb" Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American Musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert The music is also used in a bar scene in the 2002 film Triple X. XXX may refer to XXX an identifier for Pornography, especially X-rated movies 30 (number, XXX in Roman numerals

Cast

Joseph Cotten in the starring role of Holly Martins, writer of cheap novels and friend of Harry Lime.
Joseph Cotten in the starring role of Holly Martins, writer of cheap novels and friend of Harry Lime. Joseph Cheshire Cotten ( May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American Actor of stage and Film

Adaptations and spin-offs

A radio drama series called The Lives of Harry Lime (original British title: The Adventures of Harry Lime), centering on adventures of Harry Lime (voiced by Welles) prior to his "death in Vienna", comprising 52 episodes, was aired in 1951 and 1952. Ernst Deutsch aka Ernest Dorian ( September 16 1890 in Prague – March 22 1969 in Berlin) was an Austrian actor Siegfried Breuer ( June 24 1906 - February 1 1954) was a Austrian stage and Film actor and occasional Annie Rosar ( May 17, 1888 &mdash August 5, 1963) was an Austrian stage and film actress who is best remembered today for her appearances Radio drama is a form of audio storytelling broadcast on radio. The Lives of Harry Lime (original British title The Adventures of Harry Lime) was an Old-time radio program produced in London, Welles wrote several of the episodes, including "Ticket to Tangiers," which is included on the Criterion Collection and Studio Canal releases of the film. The Criterion Collection is a Privately held company that distributes "authoritative" consumer versions of "important classic and contemporary films" In addition, recordings of the 1952 episodes "Man of Mystery", "Murder on the Riviera" and "Blackmail is a Nasty Word" are included on the Criterion Collection DVD The Complete Mr. Arkadin. Mr Arkadin is a French-Spanish-Swiss coproduction film written and directed by Orson Welles.

A television series later used the film's title, theme music and the character name "Harry Lime", in which Lime was played by Michael Rennie. Michael Rennie ( 25 August[[ 909]]&ndash 10 June[[ 971]] was an English film television and stage actor best known for his starring role as the benevolent However, the Lime character was a wealthy art dealer who behaved like Robin Hood, and had an associate, Bradford Webster (played by Jonathan Harris). Robin Hood is an archetypal figure in English folklore, whose story originates from medieval times but who remains significant in popular culture where Jonathan Harris ( November 6, 1914 – November 3, 2002) was an American stage and Character actor. The series was produced by the BBC and ran for 77 episodes between 1959 and 1965. It was syndicated in the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the [6]

In Alan Moore's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier, Harry Lime is revealed to be Bob Cherry, a British spy who (after his career as Lime) becomes the James Bond character "M". The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Black Dossier is an original Graphic novel in the Comic book series The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen William George Bunter or Billy Bunter, the "Fat Owl of the Remove" is a fictional character created by Charles Hamilton (using the nom de plume of James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story

The Rob Grant novel Incompetence is a humorous re-imagining of The Third Man set in a future United Europe in which no individual can be fired for incompetence. Robert Grant is a British Comedy writer and Television producer, who was born in Salford and studied Psychology at Liverpool Incompetence is a Dystopian Comedy Novel by Red Dwarf co-creator Rob Grant.

The cuckoo clock speech

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. This article is about a district of Vienna Leopoldstadt is also the German name for the town Leopoldov in Slovakia 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. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni Two biographies were published of him during his lifetime One of them by Giorgio Vasari, proposed that he was the pinnacle of all Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci ( April 15 1452 – May 2 1519 was an Italian Polymath, having been a scientist Mathematician, Engineer In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation A cuckoo clock is a Clock, typically pendulum driven, that strikes the hours using small bellows and pipes that imitate the call of the Common "

Greene has conceded that this remark was not his own invention, but rather Welles' contribution to the script. Welles himself admitted that he was inspired to his speech by a much smaller and older quote that implied the same from a Hungarian play. The cuckoo clock is in fact a German invention, not Swiss. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.

Copyright status

This film lapsed into public domain in the United States when the copyright was not renewed after the death of producer David Selznick. The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone David O Selznick, born David Selznick ( May 10, 1902 &ndash June 22, 1965) was one of the iconic Hollywood producers In 1997, the film’s U. S. copyright protection was restored by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, and the Criterion Collection released a digitally restored DVD of the original British print of the film. The Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA was an Act of Congress in the United States that implemented in U DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is

References

Notes

  1. ^ Drazin, Charles: "In Search of the Third Man", page 36. Limelight Editions, 1999
  2. ^ The Third Man at the Internet Movie Database
  3. ^ a b [1] BBC TV documentary Dec 2007 Shadowing the Third Man
  4. ^ "The Third Man" DVD review, Sean Axmaker, Turner Classic Movies.
  5. ^ The Third Man review, Roger Ebert, December 8, 1996
  6. ^ The Third Man TV series. Roger Joseph Ebert (iːbɝt born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and Screenwriter.

Bibliography

External links

Preceded by
The Fallen Idol		 BAFTA Award for Best British Film
1951		 Succeeded by
The Blue Lamp
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