The Third Man Comments

  • Madaline 2023-09-29 05:53:56

    The composition is rigorous, the lighting is precise, and the pictures are used to shape characters, create suspense, and set off the atmosphere. Any screenshot is a wonderful photograph. Love and friendship seek the truth together, the dilemma between justice and morality. The civet cat changing the prince bridge section has been cited countless times in the future. Orson Welles' villain is full of tension and unforgettable. The Ferris wheel dialogue and the escape from the sewer are quite...

  • Micaela 2023-09-17 07:36:31

    The film is set in Vienna after the war in 1949. It tells the story of an American detective novelist who finds out that his old friend has been murdered, so he goes to track down the real murderer and find third-party witnesses. This film concentrates a lot of elements that can cause conflicts and create plots, such as murder, politics, suspense, love, friendship, morality, loyalty, betrayal, etc. It is also a classic in terms of atmosphere creation. The photography and lighting of the film...

  • Myrl 2023-09-08 04:25:58

    Anna: "I don't want him anymore, I don't want to see him, I don't want to hear him, but he's still a part of my life, that's a fact. I don't want to do anything to hurt him."; Orson Welles is just amazing…...

  • Bailee 2023-09-05 22:30:44

    Shots, especially at the end where martins waits for an unanswered result. As for the background of the time of the film, I don’t know much about...

  • Vincenza 2023-08-29 23:47:27

    20210312 @English Masters Exhibition Holly, who was wrapped in various ideological trends after the war, finally determined her belief in a dilemma and was able to stand in the light and shadow of the sewers. This illusory sense of accomplishment was certainly not enough for him to convince himself, so he had to get the approval of his sweetheart, and this moment was his last gamble. So we followed Anna in the fixed camera to get closer to the final answer. The isochronism here magnifies the anx

  • Gayle 2023-08-27 17:29:41

    Every juicy shot and every tinkling line expresses two words to the extreme: talent; Orson Welles is really a king-level...

  • Winston 2023-08-11 04:48:16

    Films like this are the objects of imitation today, both in terms of plot and photography techniques, they are all classics! The only thing that cannot be imitated is the background of the times! Different times and different backgrounds reflect different social phenomena. The reason why it is a classic is that some bridges or techniques are still being imitated...

  • Arnold 2023-08-09 15:36:34

    The editing and soundtrack are good, the light and shadow of the chase scene in the sewer are praised, and the last scene is also very...

  • Emilie 2023-07-29 00:08:07

    The last part of the tracking scene is very exciting. The use of the camera lens looks a little uncomfortable due to the cropping during the screening, and many of the compositions have been castrated. The charm of the black and white film is still there, but compared to Hitchcock's suspense, this film is lighter a lot. 20210312 Rewatch at Tianshan. Rewatch 5 stars. Post-war historical moments, or rather historical moods, are projected as geographic Vienna, with grand shadows, glorious ruins,...

  • Jamarcus 2023-07-24 11:10:56

    8.5 Stunning! Writers and actors are meaningful career symbols, one creating fiction, the other deducting fiction. Such as the language barrier in the throat, the happy and jumping soundtrack can always hold people's heartstrings at critical moments. Those bizarre urban sculptures on the streets of Vienna may be the real "third person" of this crime. The sewer is another face of the city. How much dirt is lurking...

Extended Reading
  • Daija 2022-11-24 15:54:37

    where are you standing on the mountain

    I don't like watching black and white films, because I feel that it is too far away from this era, but it is just like the saying "there is nothing new under the sun", it turns out that what we are experiencing now is just the reincarnation of history.
      When the landlord said there was a third...

  • Reagan 2022-11-25 03:01:05

    no one is pure

    I originally planned to read the book (the screenwriter seems to be a spy, and his novel was nominated for n Nobel Prizes without winning), but I couldn't find any resources, so I watched the movie instead.

    Hawley is a little-known writer. One day his friend Harry in Viana invited him...

The Third Man quotes

  • Maj. Calloway: Go home Martins, like a sensible chap. You don't know what you're mixing in, get the next plane.

    Holly Martins: As soon as I get to the bottom of this, I'll get the next plane.

    Maj. Calloway: Death's at the bottom of everything, Martins. Leave death to the professionals.

    Holly Martins: Mind if I use that line in my next Western?

  • Anna Schmidt: A person doesn't change just because you find out more.

The Third Man

Director: Carol Reed

Language: English,German,Russian Release date: September 3, 1949