The Third man DVD 1949 A Harmadik ember / Directed by Carol Reed / Starring: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard / B&W classic

UPC 5999881068757  /  5999016344275 / IPH5053

MADE IN GERMANY

REGION 2 PAL DVD 

Audio: English 2.0, Hungarian 2.0

Subtitles: -

Runtime: 105 minutes

English Summary:

The Third Man is a 1949 British film noir directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene, and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard. The film is set in post–World War II Vienna. It centres on Holly Martins, an American who is given a job in Vienna by his friend Harry Lime, but when Holly arrives in Vienna he gets the news that Lime is dead. Martins then meets with Lime's acquaintances in an attempt to investigate what he considers a suspicious death.

Opportunistic racketeering thrives in a damaged and impoverished Allied-occupied Vienna, which is divided into four sectors, each controlled by one of the occupying forces: American, British, French, and Soviet. These powers share the duties of law enforcement in the city. American pulp Western writer Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) comes to the city seeking his childhood friend, Harry Lime, who has offered him a job. Upon arrival, he discovers that Lime was killed while crossing the street just hours earlier by a speeding truck. Martins attends Lime's funeral, where he meets two British Army Police: Sergeant Paine (Bernard Lee), a fan of Martins' pulp novels; and his superior, Major Calloway (Trevor Howard), who says Lime was a criminal and suggests Martins leave town.

Hungarian Summary:

Bécs közvetlenül a második világháború befejezését követően. Romok, leszerelő katonák, élelem- és áruhiány, feketepiac, közigazgatási székekben a négy szövetségi hatalom képviselői ülnek. Egyszóval káosz. A fiatal amerikai író itt akar találkozni barátjával, aki munkát ígér neki. Az illető azonban egy baleset következtében meghalt, így a férfi már csak a temetését nézheti végig. Lehetetlen helyzetében barátaihoz fordul, akik különböző történeteket mondanak el a tragédiáról, s gyanút ébresztenek benne: lehet, hogy barátját valójában meggyilkolták...

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