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The Third Man (Blu-ray) | FilmShelves

The Third Man

BDMediabook

Production Companies: London Films Productions
Physical Media Label: Criterion Collection
Country: United States
Released: December 16, 2008
Barcode (UPC / EAN): 00715515033824
Amazon ASIN: B001EP8EKS

About this release

Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of his old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime. This legendary tale of love, deception, and murder stands as a masterpiece of film noir, driven by Anton Karas's iconic zither score and Robert Krasker's Academy Award-winning cinematography.

Included extras

Features booklet with an essay titled "The One and Only" by film scholar Lucy Sante. On-Disc Extras: Introduction by writer-director Peter Bogdanovich, *Two Feature-Length Audio Commentaries, * *Ninety-minute making-of documentary "Shadowing The Third Man," *1968 BBC Omnibus Episode featuring Interview with novelist Graham Greene, *Archival Radio Adaptations, and *The Film's Untranslated Foreign Dialogue

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Disc 1

Region: Region A
Contents: Title, Special Features

The Third Man (1949)

105 min

ThrillerMystery

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.

Synopsis via TMDB

Credits

Director

Carol Reed

Writer

Graham Greene

Cast

Joseph Cottenas Holly Martins

Alida Vallias Anna Schmidt

Trevor Howardas Major Calloway

Orson Wellesas Harry Lime

Paul Hörbigeras Karl the Porter

Ernst Deutschas 'Baron' Kurtz

Erich Pontoas Dr. Winkel

Siegfried Breueras Popescu

Hedwig Bleibtreuas Anna's Landlady

Bernard Leeas Sergeant Paine

Cinematographer

Robert Krasker

Composer

Anton Karas

Editor

Oswald Hafenrichter

Producer

Carol Reed

Release Details

Packaging: Mediabook
Spine number: 64

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Added by: Nick
Date added: July 16, 2026