The Third Man (4K Restoration)
Classic film noir about an American writer who arrives in World War II-ravaged Vienna to visit his old friend Harry Lime, but the latter turns out to have died in a suspicious accident.
In the search for his friend, the writer meets a British military policeman and Lime’s girlfriend. When he hears conflicting stories about the circumstances of Lime’s death, he is forced to rethink both his relationship with his friend Harry and his own worldview.
Director Carol Reed outdid himself with this noir-style thriller, based on a screenplay by Graham Greene and featuring a small but iconic role by Orson Welles as the amoral Harry Lime.
The menacing film score, written and performed by Anton Karas on zither, became almost as classic as the film itself.