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The Third Man 1949 123movies

The Third Man 1949 123movies

Hunted by men ... Sought by WOMEN!Aug. 31, 1949104 Min.
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Watch: The Third Man 1949 123movies, Full Movie Online – 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 led 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..
Plot: In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a “third man” present at the time of Harry’s death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry’s grief-stricken lover, Anna.
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Nobody thinks in terms of human beings. Governments don’t. Why should we?

The Third Man is directed by Carol Reed and written by Graham Greene. It stars Joseph Cotton, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard and Orson Welles. Music is by Anton Karas and cinematography by Robert Krasker.

When writer Holly Martins (Cotton) travels to Vienna to hook up with his childhood friend Harry Lime (Welles), he is distressed to find that Harry has been killed in a road accident. After attending the funeral, Holly comes to believe that Harry’s death was no accident and begins to try and clear his friend’s name. But nothing is as it first seems…

It’s well over 60 years since it was released and Carol Reed’s film noir thriller continues to feel fresh and hold up under the closest of critical scrutiny. A haunting tale as it is anyway, the black market racketeers and penicillin tampering bastards leaving an unsavoury taste in the mouth, but the film is still further boosted by the director’s ability to craft unnerving atmosphere by way of style and clinically paced passages of play. Performances are superlative across the board, with the film producing equal amounts of iconography and mischievous myth-making. It stuns with the narrative structure unfolding amongst a post war ravaged Vienna that dovetails with the fractured nature of the human characters.

A maze of moist cobbled streets do host foot chases involving man and long shadows, there’s a fairground scene that is now steeped in folklore, which in turn is a witness to the banality of evil, and of course those cavernous sewers, home to such sullen tones. Reed brings the canted angles, with moral decay the order of the day and a side order of confusion to finally fill your noir hungry bellies. Krasker deals in expressionistic chiaroscuro as Karas plucks away at his Zither to land in your ears for eternity. A murder mystery, a pained romance and a suspense laden film noir, The Third Man is enduring in its qualities. Cuckoo clock and cat, shadowed doorway and the lone sombre walk of a female, it’s still today entertaining the film purist masses and still being pored over by film makers home and abroad. The Third Man, it’s a masterpiece by jove. 10/10

Review By: John Chard

Holly Martens (Joseph Cotten) receives a job offer from his friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles) in postwar occupied Vienna. He arrives there only to find that Lime is dead and every witness has a different story. Being a pulp writer, Holly thinks he can solve the mystery.

But this is a Graham Greene story, and the mystery is not just a whodunit but an exploration of evil. Tangling with a nihilistic band of black marketers exploiting the corruption and ruin of a great city after the war, Holly is told that he is in way over his head.

The movie has many unusual touches. Expressionist camerawork increases the feeling of dread. The traditional orchestral accompaniment is eliminated, replaced by a single folk musician playing an eerie tune on a zither. Several scenes of the movie are in un-subtitled Austrian-German, leaving the audience feeling as bewildered as Holly as he tries to communicate with the locals. Holly’s amateur sleuthing is frequently comic, in a story that is deadly serious.

One of the masterpieces of noir cinema.

Review By: CharlesTheBold
That Terrific B&W Cinematography
In a bombed-out Vienna just after WWII, novelist Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) arrives from America to renew a friendship with his childhood buddy, Harry Lime (Orson Welles). Much to the dismay of Holly, a freak auto accident has recently killed his friend, according to those who knew Harry.

But in searching for details of Lime’s death, Holly gets contradictory stories that don’t add up. One of the persons who knew Lime is an attractive woman named Anna Schmidt (Alida Valli) whose continued presence in the story invites suspicion. The film’s plot has Holly searching for the truth about his friend, while trying to stave off a city detective, Major Calloway (Trevor Howard) who tries to persuade Holly to leave Vienna.

The film’s story is okay. But what makes “The Third Man” really interesting is the B&W cinematography, by Robert Krasker. Unlike most films, camera movement here is restricted, so as to draw attention to each frame’s geometry. Typically in this film, a frame is tilted at an angle so that both vertical and horizontal points of reference are off-kilter. Frame images thus become a series of diagonal straight lines and curves. Further, very high-contrast lighting, especially in outdoor scenes at night, creates a bizarre, almost nightmarish look and feel, and are suggestive of German Expressionism.

All of which results in a visual disorientation for viewers that parallels Holly’s disorientation both in the streets of Vienna and in his understanding of the circumstances surrounding Lime’s absence. In most outdoor scenes there’s a conspicuous lack of crowds, a lack of hubbub one would expect in a bustling city. Instead, only a few secondary characters appear in night scenes. This sparseness in characters on the streets conveys the impression that hidden eyes are watching Holly, ready to pounce at any moment from out of dark shadows.

“Everybody ought to (be) careful in a city like this”, says one character to Holly, as an implied threat. Soon, a man who wants to give Holly some valuable information is murdered.

The script’s dialogue is quite impressive, with some interesting lines and points of view. Some of the dialogue is in German, which enhances authenticity.

The film’s acting and editing are very, very good. Adding a slightly romantic, and at times melancholy, tone to this dark film is the music of the “zither”, an instrument similar to a guitar, but sounding quite different.

My one complaint about this film is that it’s hard to keep tabs on some of the background characters. Trying to connect names with faces can be difficult, resulting in some confusion.

“The Third Man” tells an interestingly bleak story, set in a bleak, desolate urban environment, rendered truly mesmerizing by the creatively surreal B&W cinematography.

Review By: Lechuguilla

Other Information:

Original Title The Third Man
Release Date 1949-08-31
Release Year 1949

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 44 min (104 min), 1 hr 33 min (93 min) (USA)
Budget 0
Revenue 1226098
Status Released
Rated Approved
Genre Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
Director Carol Reed
Writer Graham Greene, Orson Welles, Alexander Korda
Actors Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli
Country United Kingdom
Awards Won 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 4 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A


Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 2,845 m (Italy), 2,873.65 m (12 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm (Eastman Plus-X 1231, Super-XX 1232)
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm (Eastman 1302)

The Third Man 1949 123movies
The Third Man 1949 123movies
The Third Man 1949 123movies
The Third Man 1949 123movies
The Third Man 1949 123movies
The Third Man 1949 123movies
The Third Man 1949 123movies
The Third Man 1949 123movies
The Third Man 1949 123movies
The Third Man 1949 123movies
Original title The Third Man
TMDb Rating 7.979 1,460 votes

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