Uniform Title |
Third man (Motion picture : 1949) |
Title |
The third man. |
Published |
Australia : Distributed by Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia, ©2017. |
©1949 |
Description |
2 DVD-videos (100 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 12 cm. |
Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment : D22357. |
Originally released as a motion picture: Great Britain : London Film Productions, 1949. |
Disc 1: Special features : Audio commentary with Guy Hamilton (Assistant director), Simon Callow & Angela Allen (2nd unit continuity) ; Interview & Zither performance by Cornelia Mayer ; Guardian NOT interview with : Joseph Cotten (audio only) and Graham Greene (Audio only) ; Joseph Cotten's alternate opening voiceover narration; The third man - a filmmaker's influence ; restoring The third man. Disc 2 : Shadowing The third man ; The third man on the radio ; Dangerous edge - Graham Greene ; Documentary ; trailer. |
Contents |
Disc 1. Featurette: Anton Karas -- The Third man on the radio -- Photo gallery -- Filmographies -- Trailers (100 min.) -- Disc 2. Shadowing the Third man : an insight into the background of the characters and location of the Third man (89 min.). |
Credits |
Produced by Alexander Korda & David O. Selznick ; story & screenplay by Graham Greene ; directed by Carol Reed. |
Performers |
Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, Ernst Deutsch, Paul Hoerbiger, Erich Ponto, Siegfried Breuer, Bernard Lee, Wilfred Hyde-White, Hedwig Bleibtreu. |
Summary |
Hunted by men... Sought by women! Orson Welles stars in this classic spy thriller. An out of work pulp fiction novelist, Holly Martins, arrives in a post war Vienna divided into sectors by the victorious allies, and where a shortage of supplies has lead to a flourishing black market. He arrives at the invitation of an ex-school friend, Harry Lime, who has offered him a job, only to discover that Lime has recently died in a peculiar traffic accident. From talking to Lime's friends and associates Martins soon notices that some of the stories are inconsistent, and determines to discover what really happened to Harry Lime. |
Target audience note |
Censorship classification : PG. |
System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital stereo ; PAL ; Region 4 : Full frame 1.33:1. |
Language note |
English, French, German. Subtitles French, German. [CC] English Captions: (Descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired). |
Subjects |
Murder -- Investigation -- Austria -- Vienna -- Drama |
Black market -- Austria -- Vienna -- Drama |
Homicide -- Austria -- Vienna -- Drama |
Novelists -- Drama |
Cold War -- Drama |
Feature films -- Great Britain |
Motion pictures, British |
Vienna (Austria) -- Drama |
Genre |
Thrillers (Motion pictures) |
Detective and mystery films |
Film noir classics |
Historical films |
Feature films |
Fiction films |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
Other Names |
Reed, Carol, 1906-1976 director. |
Korda, Alexander, Sir, 1893-1956 producer. |
Selznick, David O, 1902-1965 producer. |
Greene, Graham, 1904-1991 screenwriter. |
Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994 actor. |
Valli, Alida, 1921-2006 actor. |
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 actor. |
Howard, Trevor, 1916-1988 actor. |
Deutsch, Ernst, 1890-1969 actor. |
Hörbiger, Paul, 1894 actor. |
Ponto, Erich, 1884-1957 actor. |
Breuer, Siegfried, 1906-1954 actor. |
Lee, Bernard, 1908-1981 actor. |
Hyde-White, Wilfrid actor. |
Bleibtreu, Hedwig, 1868-1958 actor. |
Added Corporate Names |
Janus Films |
Studio Canal |
Rialto Pictures LLC. |
Series |
Classics remastered |
Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Broader Subject References:
Authors:
- Bleibtreu, Hedwig, 1868-1958 .
- Breuer, Siegfried, 1906-1954 .
- Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994 .
- Deutsch, Ernst, 1890-1969 .
- Greene, Graham, 1904-1991 .
- Hörbiger, Paul, 1894 .
- Howard, Trevor, 1916-1988 .
- Hyde-White, Wilfrid .
- Janus Films .
- Korda, Alexander, Sir, 1893-1956 .
- Lee, Bernard, 1908-1981 .
- Ponto, Erich, 1884-1957 .
- Reed, Carol, 1906-1976 .
- Rialto Pictures LLC. .
- Selznick, David O, 1902-1965 .
- Studio Canal .
- Valli, Alida, 1921-2006 .
- Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 .
Series:
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