La novelista Holly Martins viaja a la Viena de posguerra y acaba investigando la misteriosa muerte de un viejo amigo, Harry Lime.La novelista Holly Martins viaja a la Viena de posguerra y acaba investigando la misteriosa muerte de un viejo amigo, Harry Lime.La novelista Holly Martins viaja a la Viena de posguerra y acaba investigando la misteriosa muerte de un viejo amigo, Harry Lime.
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- 5 premios ganados y 4 nominaciones en total
- Anna Schmidt
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- Karl
- (as Paul Hoerbiger)
- Kurtz's Mother
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- International Patrol A
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- Soldier
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- Man Chasing Holly
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- Casanova Barman
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- Military Policeman
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- Russian Military Policeman
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- Dirección
- Guionistas
- Graham Greene
- Orson Welles(sin créditos)
- Alexander Korda(sin créditos)
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- TriviaThe 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.
- ErroresIn 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.
- Citas
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.
- Créditos curiososOpening credits prologue: V I E N N A
- Versiones alternativasThe 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.
- ConexionesEdited into American Cinema: Film Noir (1995)
Western novelist Holly Martins (Cotten) comes to Vienna at the behest of his old friend Harry Lime, but when he arrives, he learns that Lime is dead after being hit by a car. He investigates and finds the circumstances very strange indeed, especially when learning there was a third man that helped carry Harry's body to the sidewalk, a man who has since disappeared.
He then meets Harry's girlfriend (Alida Valli). And he also meets a police officer in the British section of Vienna, Inspector Calloway (Trevor Howard), who tells him that Harry was a murderer and a racketeer, and it's better that he's dead. Holly is shocked and demands proof.
One of the most atmospheric films ever made, with its zither music, cinematography, and Vienna at nighttime. Then there's some brilliant dialogue, particularly the "cuckoo clock" speech made by Orson Welles.
The cinematography is particularly striking: odd angles, back lighting, and shadows on empty streets. And who can forget the man hidden in the doorway, when the light from an apartment goes on and shows his face - certainly one of the great appearances of a star in a film.
One feels Lime's presence throughout the film, though he only has five minutes of screen time.
Though none of these actors were the first choice to play their roles, they are all excellent.
There was a Third Man TV series in 1959 that ran for six years and starred Michael Rennie as Lime. In the series, Lime is a hero.
He's no hero in the movie, but it is a powerful story and film, never forgotten once seen.
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Detalles
- Fecha de lanzamiento
- País de origen
- Sitio oficial
- Idiomas
- También se conoce como
- The Third Man
- Locaciones de filmación
- 8 Schreyvogelgasse, Viena, Austria(doorway where Harry Lime first appears)
- Productora
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Taquilla
- Total en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 1,067,364
- Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 13,576
- 9 may 1999
- Total a nivel mundial
- USD 1,233,079
- Tiempo de ejecución1 hora 44 minutos
- Color
- Relación de aspecto
- 1.37 : 1