Yes, squitzy, but another great ending scene is from Paths of Glory.

AGREED. And one of the best opening scenes was the title sequence of "The Italian Job". Wholly different movies, but both with a great movie theme.

Totally agree. They tried to get Reed to change it, where Valli falls into Cotton's arms, for a more romantic version, that would be more acceptable to Americans. Thankfully, he refused. The scenes of Orson Welles with that cat and the shoe laces, that moment of truth when he and Cotton's eyes meet, no words required. Welles will remain irreplaceable. A true masterpiece ❤

I agree. It's amazing, unforgettable.

If not the best.

I like monologue at intro Vienna like most cities in Europe of the era bombed about a bit.cant make that up as it was utter rubble.

@@lawrencefox563 That Monologue was added at the very end, and only in (I think) the American version, cuz David O got cold feet thinking the American audience needed some back story. Also the director, Sir Carol Reed did the voice over.

In recent times; I supposes George Clooney's The Good German's (2006) would rank quite highly as a good scripts..... I mean the Character Played by Cate Blanchett sacrificed 14 other female lives to save her own....Noire Indeed!

Greetings from Vienna´s 20th District. ;-)

Thank you for sharing that memory.

Yes a nice story Ewin, glad you made it back.

Thank you for sharing.

How long did it take in 1st class?

I wonder which Black Woman would play Lime?

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My late father had this record and used to play it often,when it came out on DVD we bought it ,we think it's a classic movie and have watched it often,,love the Zither music 🎵🎶

world class film!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There is a version of the film in German. Watched it at the University in Vienna

the cut trees are symbolic of war and sadness.

It was also used on the radio drama "The Adventures of Harry Lime" with Orson Wells.

She was exquisite in' Miracle of the Bells' (1948).

Welles said he heard it from a Hungarian play, but his genius told him when to use it strategically.😅

Some years ago I was in Vienna and was discussing the film with a Swiss guy. I mentioned this line to him, to which he responded - "But cuckoo clocks are German"

Orson Welles said he took it from an old Hungarian play he had seen years before. Welles was l'enfant terrible and largely self-taught. His documentary in Brazil revealed a genius in the making and he never lost that inquisitive quality that we usually only see in young children. Irreplaceable.

Am I the only one who just thought okay, but never that there was anything genius about it, just a dastardly villain rationalizing with something that 𝘩𝘦 thinks is clever?

@@tonygumbrell22 OK so "genius" is an exaggeration. Agreed. But it's the one and only line in the entire movie which anyone can quote. As with "Feelin' lucky punk" or "You're gonna need a bigger boat".

Con ésta clase de películas estamos en el pasado.

The past is another country

​@@omansnowball8027 When I think about my childhood in my old hometown of NYC in the 1960s, it does seem loke I was in a different country when English was required in order to live and work and socialize with other people besides your own nationality. I am a naturalized American citizen who was born in Havana,Cuba in 1956 and was brought here legally by my late parents. There was no talk about Woke Culture,Cancel Culture, and transgendered people. And the only modern things we had was a 1961 General Electric AM band radio and a black and white TV set from 1958.

@@luislaplume8261 yes I understand and it can be difficult. Some time ago I was listening to a French diplomat being interviewed about something or other an the interviewer tried to spice it up. He asked about the diplomats time in a concentration camp during the war. After a short silence he said something that has stayed with me and if you don't mind I will share with you because I think it is relevant to your younger days. He said "I don't go back there any more " that ended the interview but the thought stayed with me and I have found it to be invaluable.

@@omansnowball8027 In a way the 1960s were the last decade for a normal childhood in America. History happens in a way that people do not see. In my case if the country that I and my parents were born in didn't have a Coup D'Etate on March 1952 during Mardi Gras, I would be doing I don't know what in Cuba. I can't imagine being in Cuba instead of America especially in my old hometown of NYC where I grew up. But I do know if I saved and invested my money I would take a vacation in NYC. And I myself am bilingual for several decades already. One thing about us Cubans and New Yorkers, we are not dull people!

Indeed, a very underrated actor. The chap who played his sergeant did a nice job too.

@@nickmiller76 I believe he played M in the Bond films

I agree, Jeffrey. Robert Krasker's camera work also deserves special mention, influenced as he was by the German Expressionists of the 1920s. Before I climb down from the step in the doorway (you know the scene) may I add that this version of Karas's haunting melody is not the original. It's tempo is slower, it is accompanied, and lacks the urgent tension of the film's version. But this is a small quibble. The Third Man was rightly voted No1 film of the 20th century by the BFI. I've seen it 39 times and home to double that before I too make "hard work for the grave diggers".

Orson Welles shines, unforgettable.

the Putin haters would gainsay you, not about the film

@@Pnumi Well Putin . Is a real life villain .

Absolutely!!! No doubt!

J ai 76 ans et je ne me lasse jamais d'écouter cette merveilleuse musique ....jules PATOUX .fLEURUS .b.

Yes, ask Putin to stop his “special operations. “

But America, because of its invasive interference, has caused assassinations and civil wars, Latin America, Middle East, Africa. I still cannot get over their involvement with the killing of Libya's Ghadaffi or the sanctuary they gave Pinochet following his crimes against humanity in Chile.

The tune was originally released in the UK in 1949, where it was known as "The Harry Lime Theme". Following its release in the US in 1950, "The Third Man Theme" spent 11 weeks at number one on Billboard. My upload (and title) are from Anton Karas's extended version that was only ever named "The Third Man Theme".

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Vienna has a rarely open Museum of The Third Man, where I once ran into the finest contemporary zither player in the country. She explained that, all the music in the movie including the famous theme, are variations and riffs by Anton Karas upon numerous historic Austrian folk songs.

Thanks for all the explanation I didn’t understand all the art of filming “ expressionism “ scenario , acting , everything ..why did they call it “tscenario ..tordu “ of graham greene novel …( ARTE comment )

I agree

SEPT ANS ?

For example: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/opxkfayUrJOzXZ8.html

The actual music _does_ fit the scene much, much better. I’m not sure the music here is intended as “revisionist”-these are just some scenes from the movie accompanying the theme here (which _isn’t_ the actual theme from the film, as the description makes clear) without regard to the original music for any particular scene.

How right you are!

You have my sympathy.

Too bad you couldn't read the subtitle. It read: A longer version of The Third Man Theme (aka The Harry Lime Theme) by Anton Karas with two accordions on accompaniment.

​@David Nowicki a longer version should not be a slower version.

I don't.

Cotton was perfect, the infatuated, naive, outsider. Even at the end of the film, he hoped Anna will give him a chance but she walks right by him as if he were another dormant tree trunk. All she would ever care for is Harry, no matter that he was evil. Cotton was perfect in his mannerisms, his expressions. No film today has this fidelity to human character. We have lost this connection to our selves.

@@leschwartz You are so right!!!

Who otherwise ?

@@PK-yf3hd Cotton was perfect acting as a reporter and G.I. right after World War 2.

The only thing worse would be America hating, democracy hating, white supremacist, domestic terrorist, radical right, propaganda. Still whining, sulking, pouting, crying, lying, lying, lying about a stolen election. Grow up. Get over it. You lost. Truly pathetic cry baby sore losers.

This film is exposing corruption in business and wasn't made in Hollywood. Also, most big films today are not right or left they are CGI fantasy films for adolescent boys. You need to get out more and stop spouting nonsense.

No, Hollywood makes films glorifying violence and how they consider the US to be superior to other countries.😂

Hollywood never made it in the first place.