Anton Karas And His Two Rudis - The Third Man Theme

A longer version of The Third Man Theme (aka The Harry Lime Theme) by Anton Karas with two accordions on accompaniment. Included are some scenes from the film - the famous Ferris wheel, and what I consider the greatest final shot in the history of cinema.

[@DouglasUrantia]

This film is proof that war is nothing but deep sadness. There are No winners.

[@squitzy]

One of the best closing scenes in the history of cinema!

[@vercingetorix3414]

Yes, squitzy, but another great ending scene is from Paths of Glory.

[@raypurchase801]

AGREED. And one of the best opening scenes was the title sequence of "The Italian Job". Wholly different movies, but both with a great movie theme.

[@tosca7216]

Totally agree. They tried to get Reed to change it, where Valli falls into Cotton's arms, for a more romantic version, that would be more acceptable to Americans. Thankfully, he refused. The scenes of Orson Welles with that cat and the shoe laces, that moment of truth when he and Cotton's eyes meet, no words required. Welles will remain irreplaceable. A true masterpiece ❤

[@edelweiss1008]

I agree. It's amazing, unforgettable.

[@stevebartley8902]

If not the best.

[@erwinraffetseder4541]

I spent a week in Vienna around that time (1949) as a young boy, but I vividly remember the aftermath of the war. I stayed with my Aunty in the 20th district. Everything was still bombed out. Never forget it, I was still scared of flying planes. The trip back to Amstetten took about 6 hours in 3rd class.

[@countblue]

Greetings from Vienna´s 20th District. ;-)

[@danawinsor1380]

Thank you for sharing that memory.

[@unclestuka8543]

Yes a nice story Ewin, glad you made it back.

[@williamjenkinson9213]

Thank you for sharing.

[@disgruntledpedant2755]

How long did it take in 1st class?

[@scopex2749]

Probably the GREATEST film noir EVER........... NUFF SAID PLUS this superb Zither music.

[@garychin5321]

In recent times; I supposes George Clooney's The Good German's (2006) would rank quite highly as a good scripts..... I mean the Character Played by Cate Blanchett sacrificed 14 other female lives to save her own....Noire Indeed!

[@thesoultwins72]

@scopex2749........Carol Reed's 'The Third Man' definitely is a great film - but the 'greatest film noir ever'....? Is it 'greater' than Wilder's 'Double Indemnity' [claimed by many film historians as the very first 'film noir'] and 'Sunset Boulevard' or Chandler's 'Big Sleep' and 'Farewell My Lovely'/'Murder My Sweet'? And what about Rudolph Mate's 'D.O.A'? Is it 'greater' than Orson Welles' 1958 'Touch of Evil' [which is recognized as the very last film noir]? Let's just say that they are ALL 'GREAT' films and leave it at that.

[@thomassnider6691]

I like how she just walks right past him. One of the little touches that make this one of my favorite movies.

[@GeorgeStar]

Probably the best noir movie ever. Great plot, photography, acting, score, sets, lighting - basically everything.

[@simongee8928]

Although there is a spinoff TV series in the sixties, the fact that no-one has dared to try and film a remake, even an updated version, speaks volumes for the quality of the filming and acting. 😊

[@noseyparker8130]

I wonder which Black Woman would play Lime?

[@frjohnm8606]

😆😆😆@@noseyparker8130

[@SuperMikado282]

😂Hahaha, yes.

[@lesbendo6363]

My Dad in Vienna at the time they were filming this movie. He was lucky to see some of the movie's scenes being shot. 🇨🇦

[@ranchokitty1]

I love it that there's a funeral in the beginning of the film and one at the end, for the SAME guy!

[@lawrencefox563]

I like monologue at intro Vienna like most cities in Europe of the era bombed about a bit.cant make that up as it was utter rubble.

[@ranchokitty1]

@@lawrencefox563 That Monologue was added at the very end, and only in (I think) the American version, cuz David O got cold feet thinking the American audience needed some back story. Also the director, Sir Carol Reed did the voice over.

[@donnatate458]

Great movie. The scenes filmed at night were especially haunting. Wonderful cast, great acting, and an ending I'll never forget.

[@jebsails2837]

Great period music for this film noir classic. One of my all time favorites. Narragansett Bay

[@lancelotm2821]

Musique sublime d'Anton Karas,film initialement non reconnu à sa juste valeur. Chef d'œuvre !Merci à tous qui ont accompagné nos vies,ils ne devraient pas mourir !

[@garywilson7349]

One of my all time favorite movies!

[@michaeldavies9533]

My late father had this record and used to play it often,when it came out on DVD we bought it ,we think it's a classic movie and have watched it often,,love the Zither music 🎵🎶

[@DouglasUrantia]

world class film!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@onserfdez7958]

A wonderful, funny movie with some brilliant lines and hypnotic music...I love it!

[@guytouquet]

My favorite song when I was three and for 75 years thereafter.

[@dorothygale5896]

One of the truly "must see" movies of all time. Orson Welles was probably the best actor, ever.

[@jajones-ford2226]

One of the most beautiful movie theme songs of all time.

[@larryfisher7056]

It was also used on the radio drama "The Adventures of Harry Lime" with Orson Wells.

[@aeoleaburwell7247]

The music adds to the chilling effect of seeing the woman walking down the long Avenue past the half cut down trees

[@DouglasUrantia]

the cut trees are symbolic of war and sadness.

[@lawerencestimpson2280]

A very outstanding cast and extras.Loved the great B&W filming of postwar Vienna.

[@eisenherzification]

Ein Hauch vom Wien der Nachkriegszeit von Anton Karras melodiös einzigartig in Szene gesetzt!

[@argonaut816]

There is a version of the film in German. Watched it at the University in Vienna

[@勉田村]

何度聴いてもいいですね 永遠の名曲だと思います

[@williamdavis7432]

Hauntingly timeless! (And Alida Valli is beautifully timeless!)

[@Juliaflo]

She was exquisite in' Miracle of the Bells' (1948).

[@williamjenkinson9213]

Every time i think of beautiful Vienna i think of this exceptional piece of music.❤

[@winonamassingill7895]

I agree about the theme being one of the most most beautiful 😻 themes ever.

[@robertaller4776]

Great song from one of the top 5movies of all time! Loved the tune and the clips! Thanks for posting!

[@williamschlenger1518]

I loved the movie & the zither music 🎵

[@josefernandez3334]

De las mejores melodias de la historia del cine Añoro esos años ....

[@adambernstein125]

Brings back so many memories!

[@raypurchase801]

FUN FACT: The movie's famous line about the Swiss and the cuckoo clock wasn't in the original novel. The line was invented and inserted by Orson Welles himself. A touch of brilliance from a genius.

[@tosca7216]

Welles said he heard it from a Hungarian play, but his genius told him when to use it strategically.😅

[@roberthendy9493]

Some years ago I was in Vienna and was discussing the film with a Swiss guy. I mentioned this line to him, to which he responded - "But cuckoo clocks are German"

[@tosca7216]

Orson Welles said he took it from an old Hungarian play he had seen years before. Welles was l'enfant terrible and largely self-taught. His documentary in Brazil revealed a genius in the making and he never lost that inquisitive quality that we usually only see in young children. Irreplaceable.

[@tonygumbrell22]

Am I the only one who just thought okay, but never that there was anything genius about it, just a dastardly villain rationalizing with something that 𝘩𝘦 thinks is clever?

[@raypurchase801]

@@tonygumbrell22 OK so "genius" is an exaggeration. Agreed. But it's the one and only line in the entire movie which anyone can quote. As with "Feelin' lucky punk" or "You're gonna need a bigger boat".

[@gregwarner3753]

I borrowed a copy of this movie from the town library and was stunned by the drama, music and production values. Amazing. I never expected sewers to be an important part of a film. Then I watched the original "Casablanca". "This is the beginning of a great friendship" Indeed.

[@craigbernthal7388]

Yes, What a gutsy final shot!

[@ripmod1]

Love the music and the movie and the story behind the theme.

[@hajiisa9249]

It makes me want to return to the past..

[@Felipe4352]

Con ésta clase de películas estamos en el pasado.

[@omansnowball8027]

The past is another country

[@luislaplume8261]

​@@omansnowball8027 When I think about my childhood in my old hometown of NYC in the 1960s, it does seem loke I was in a different country when English was required in order to live and work and socialize with other people besides your own nationality. I am a naturalized American citizen who was born in Havana,Cuba in 1956 and was brought here legally by my late parents. There was no talk about Woke Culture,Cancel Culture, and transgendered people. And the only modern things we had was a 1961 General Electric AM band radio and a black and white TV set from 1958.

[@omansnowball8027]

@@luislaplume8261 yes I understand and it can be difficult. Some time ago I was listening to a French diplomat being interviewed about something or other an the interviewer tried to spice it up. He asked about the diplomats time in a concentration camp during the war. After a short silence he said something that has stayed with me and if you don't mind I will share with you because I think it is relevant to your younger days. He said "I don't go back there any more " that ended the interview but the thought stayed with me and I have found it to be invaluable.

[@luislaplume8261]

@@omansnowball8027 In a way the 1960s were the last decade for a normal childhood in America. History happens in a way that people do not see. In my case if the country that I and my parents were born in didn't have a Coup D'Etate on March 1952 during Mardi Gras, I would be doing I don't know what in Cuba. I can't imagine being in Cuba instead of America especially in my old hometown of NYC where I grew up. But I do know if I saved and invested my money I would take a vacation in NYC. And I myself am bilingual for several decades already. One thing about us Cubans and New Yorkers, we are not dull people!

[@rogerhudson9732]

A film with a perfect ending, rejection of nonsense (war and it's resulting effects).

[@Richard-yd1ws]

Trevor Howard made this film Straight as a die Brit midst all the insanity No wonder Marlon Brando insisted that most of Howard's scenes be cut from Mutiny on the Bounty

[@nickmiller76]

Indeed, a very underrated actor. The chap who played his sergeant did a nice job too.

[@Richard-yd1ws]

@@nickmiller76 I believe he played M in the Bond films

[@glennkoons1560]

My wife is from Vienna and we often talk of those days after the war, that we both lived through and the brilliance of Orson Wells.

[@alfredbernasek861]

LEGENDÄRE FILMMUSIK

[@chriswatson1698]

Before he was married, my father acquired a rather battered old zither. Although he had had no music instruction, he taught himself to play the Harry Lime Theme on it.

[@MERISI001]

The best British film ever made and the music inspirational.

[@catherinezwahlen4513]

Bébé j’entendais cette musique à la radio sans connaître l’histoire du film, ll’ecouter 70 ans après…,le message lumineux intact de vie se prolonge 🎶✨⛲️💕💓🌟☝️👼🤗

[@Spinelli821]

Filme muito bom, um clássico. Música excelente que nos faz viajar.

[@jeffreyadams648]

Can we not have a word of praise for Carol Reed? And Greene?

[@trevorbailey1486]

I agree, Jeffrey. Robert Krasker's camera work also deserves special mention, influenced as he was by the German Expressionists of the 1920s. Before I climb down from the step in the doorway (you know the scene) may I add that this version of Karas's haunting melody is not the original. It's tempo is slower, it is accompanied, and lacks the urgent tension of the film's version. But this is a small quibble. The Third Man was rightly voted No1 film of the 20th century by the BFI. I've seen it 39 times and home to double that before I too make "hard work for the grave diggers".

[@tuneharukawano6005]

ムチャ懐かしい、60年前にラジオで好きな曲でした。

[@roderickfernandez5382]

Would we feel the same about this movie if it didn't have this music I just wonder. Minnie this piece of music is absolutely spellbinding since I was a child I had a old shellac record of it when I was a teenager and I still like to listen to it. There are words to it but I don't know what they are forgotten them

[@tosca7216]

Orson Welles shines, unforgettable.

[@mariacarmensanchoarias1909]

Excelente película, y maravillosa música. Qué decir de los actores!!!!

[@TriciaSenior25557]

Love this film, and Anton’s zither playing…..plus this is the City where my Ma came from. 12 district 💜

[@vumba1331]

For everybody pushing war in Ukraine and Europe, they should watch this to see what hell is visited on the people and the cities. America has not experienced such devastation and deprivation so does not appreciate what it is like. May sanity prevail such that nobody suffers this and the proxy conflict ends soon.

[@julespatouxouiunemerveille9449]

J ai 76 ans et je ne me lasse jamais d'écouter cette merveilleuse musique ....jules PATOUX .fLEURUS .b.

[@annietang3780]

Yes, ask Putin to stop his “special operations. “

[@tosca7216]

But America, because of its invasive interference, has caused assassinations and civil wars, Latin America, Middle East, Africa. I still cannot get over their involvement with the killing of Libya's Ghadaffi or the sanctuary they gave Pinochet following his crimes against humanity in Chile.

[@filtonbaumgartner382]

Assisti o filme na adolescência! Murmuro até hoje esse tema! Hoje com 83 anos!?!

[@bozidarmarkotic2550]

Uvijek užitak uz citre , imao sam čast da gospodina KARASA slušam uživo 1954u Beču, bio sam u slu Žbinovinarst C

[@simonhattrell5321]

Sooo evocative. ❤

[@mariacarmensanchoarias1909]

Era una excelente película, y la música, contribuyó, a darle más fama.

[@nicolettapasquini6614]

È uno dei più bei film di tutti i tempi della storia del cinema ,musica indimenticabile un grande Orson Welles,con bravissimo Cotten che score l'amico d infanzia che e un criminale del dopo guerra sulle creature fragili .brava la Valli che lo ama fino alla fine Welles un ricordo a Trevor haward ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@olgaferro7470]

Brilliant actors Trevor Howard, Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles

[@lawrencelewis2592]

We had this on a 78 when I was a kid. That record and the film doesn't have accordions.

[@aurorarinaldi4331]

Non ho mai visto il film, ma la musica la conosco, e non sapevo che era la colonna sonora di un film con la bellissima Valli, il mio babbo era del 1901,ed era un suo ammiratore, quando sono nata lui aveva 48 anni!! 🌹

[@featherbrain7147]

My favourite film. I grew up with this atmospheric tune when it was played on the radio. No television and seldom taken to the cinema, I didn't actually see the film until I was in my teens. I have to say that I prefer the original, zither only, version from the film titles.

[@carolinaalcalde]

You can still watch the film at cinema in Viena

[@joaquinsanchis1864]

Anton Karas, fuera de serie!!!❤

[@jeancome8848]

❤ Musique éternelle ❤

[@andrewkennaugh1065]

Trevor Howard was the star of the Third Man.🎉😅

[@olgaferro7470]

Absolutely!!! No doubt!

[@LvR-1612]

"Bloody" brilliant! 😋👍

[@anicajerbic1657]

Povijesni film iz naših mladih dana.

[@jeffreyadams648]

I’ve never seen a tacky movie Orson was in. Even his sherry commercials were special.

[@leonardocasorio6350]

Devo la conoscenza e l'apprezzamento della musica del "TERZO UOMO" al Dr. Marco Ricca che - io adolescente in Firenze - la suonava con piacere e maestria al pianoforte.

[@lawrencelewis2592]

Also, Welles ad-libbe the "cuckoo clock" bit. It's not in the book which Graham Greene called "An entertainment."

[@spmoran4703]

A great film . And Harry Lyme is the best villain ever created .

[@Pnumi]

the Putin haters would gainsay you, not about the film

[@spmoran4703]

@@Pnumi Well Putin . Is a real life villain .

[@adrianrose7703]

The great thing about this scene is that it kept the cinema audience in their seats. In those days there was a scramble to the exit to avoid the National Anthem.

[@joaquinsanchis1864]

Magnífico Joseph Cotten!!!

[@nicoleledru1104]

Super musique... 😍

[@yaelpalombo4093]

Indimenticabile💖🎉

[@jmorgan5984]

🤔GREAT SONG AND GREAT CAST. Orsen Wells is The Greatest Actor Ever In History. CITIZEN CANE WAS ACTUALLY HIS CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT......Rosebud 🌹🌹🌹

[@RZ393]

Robert Krasker. One of the best in the golden era.

[@manuelsilveriorosa8705]

Mas que música... divinal!!!

[@riethaefkens5722]

Mooi…..

[@JoaquinLucero22420]

This is the Harry Lime theme. But close enough.

[@drzarkov39]

The tune was originally released in the UK in 1949, where it was known as "The Harry Lime Theme". Following its release in the US in 1950, "The Third Man Theme" spent 11 weeks at number one on Billboard. My upload (and title) are from Anton Karas's extended version that was only ever named "The Third Man Theme".

[@riethaefkens5722]

❤❤❤❤

[@michaeljames4904]

Vienna has a rarely open Museum of The Third Man, where I once ran into the finest contemporary zither player in the country. She explained that, all the music in the movie including the famous theme, are variations and riffs by Anton Karas upon numerous historic Austrian folk songs.

[@hongd7360]

Thanks for all the explanation I didn’t understand all the art of filming “ expressionism “ scenario , acting , everything ..why did they call it “tscenario ..tordu “ of graham greene novel …( ARTE comment )

[@SurprisedHorse-rg3eu]

The original chicago style ferris wheel in this movie

[@jas20per]

I do not understand why you are playing clips from the film, but this music is not from the film. In the film it was just Anton Karas playing the zither there where no other instruments used but this is full of Piano Accordion's.

[@drzarkov39]

You have my sympathy.

[@javiergarciaflorez2103]

Provocador enamorado 💔

[@lennymatchett962]

The best scene was when Welles comes out of the shadows .

[@palabrasycanto3251]

I agree

[@ichirofakename]

This revisionist music completely ruins the final scene. It isn't even the right melody. Search instead for THIRD MAN FINAL SCENE to see and hear the real thing, which, in fact, IS the best final scene ever, with the RIGHT MUSIC.

[@ichirofakename]

For example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/omeXe3yZfJKCY80

[@jeff__w]

The actual music _does_ fit the scene much, much better. I’m not sure the music here is intended as “revisionist”-these are just some scenes from the movie accompanying the theme here (which _isn’t_ the actual theme from the film, as the description makes clear) without regard to the original music for any particular scene.

[@bayadere8308]

How right you are!

[@OrnellaGuidotti]

E questo e' il finale..

[@geoffsclassiccars]

Spongebob theme sample @1.12

[@DouglasJackson-r5k]

My parents saw the film the day they got engaged.

[@miroslavlevicanin8293]

Ремек дело

[@torbenretboll2841]

There is something wrong here. The speed is too slow. The time is more than four minutes. The regular version is less than four minutes. What a shame!

[@drzarkov39]

Too bad you couldn't read the subtitle. It read: A longer version of The Third Man Theme (aka The Harry Lime Theme) by Anton Karas with two accordions on accompaniment.

[@torbenretboll2841]

​@David Nowicki a longer version should not be a slower version.

[@johnwalsh7806]

That Holly martins is a bit diddlow

[@yvelinec3557]

j'avais quel ÄGE E N SOIXANTE ?

[@yvelinec3557]

SEPT ANS ?

[@rickpchris]

Cuckoo Clocks!

[@tomfaulkner6616]

The Boulevard of Broken Dreams.

[@mccfrank1212]

I love this. Love the film but I think Cotton was miscast.

[@marthae9338]

I don't.

[@leschwartz]

Cotton was perfect, the infatuated, naive, outsider. Even at the end of the film, he hoped Anna will give him a chance but she walks right by him as if he were another dormant tree trunk. All she would ever care for is Harry, no matter that he was evil. Cotton was perfect in his mannerisms, his expressions. No film today has this fidelity to human character. We have lost this connection to our selves.

[@topoftheclasstutoringsydne1756]

@@leschwartz You are so right!!!

[@PK-yf3hd]

Who otherwise ?

[@Lalaland-q2z]

@@PK-yf3hd Cotton was perfect acting as a reporter and G.I. right after World War 2.

[@Ivan-pn8eh]

Mejor que Casablanca

[@yvelinec3557]

D'ACTUALITE PAS VRAI ? Pour ceuX QUI ONT ABANDONNES Père et mère ?

[@christopherp.hitchens3902]

I have always thought this would make good incidental music, to represent something or someone in this picture. But to expect this music to hold its own throughout the film was absurd and at times, unintentionally funny. What I particularly hate was this attempt to make excuses for it, that it was an artistic choice when, in all likelihood…it was a financial one.

[@barrywhitley7492]

If ever the music fitted the film, this was it. Fantastic all round. The expression "they don't make 'em like this any more" is true, almost, but the original version is better.

[@giuseppegiacobbe9028]

QUESTO FILM E DEL 1954 L ANNO IN CUI SONO NATO

[@charlieyerrell9146]

Hollywood do not make movies like this anymore. Just leftwing crap movies.

[@GeorgeStar]

The only thing worse would be America hating, democracy hating, white supremacist, domestic terrorist, radical right, propaganda. Still whining, sulking, pouting, crying, lying, lying, lying about a stolen election. Grow up. Get over it. You lost. Truly pathetic cry baby sore losers.

[@freebornjohn2687]

This film is exposing corruption in business and wasn't made in Hollywood. Also, most big films today are not right or left they are CGI fantasy films for adolescent boys. You need to get out more and stop spouting nonsense.

[@tosca7216]

No, Hollywood makes films glorifying violence and how they consider the US to be superior to other countries.😂

[@bayadere8308]

Hollywood never made it in the first place.