The Third Man – 75th Anniversary 4K Restoration

In 1949, an American writer of westerns, Holly Martins, travels to post-war Vienna to visit his old friend Harry Lime. On arrival, he learns that his friend has been killed in a street accident. 

What’s more, when he meets Calloway, the city’s chief of British Military Police, he is informed that Lime was in fact a black marketer and a wanted man. Holly sets out to prove his mysterious friend’s innocence, but is Harry really dead? 

Directed by Carol Reed from an original script by acclaimed novelist Graham Greene, The Third Man is one of the greatest British films ever made, and is beloved by filmmakers the world over – from Martin Scorsese to Ben Wheatley. 

Oscar-winning cinematography showcasing the shadowy underbelly of a bombed-out Vienna, an endlessly quotable performance by Orson Welles and an iconic soundtrack from zither player Anton Karas – a Viennese busker plucked from obscurity by Reed – combine to make one of the most memorable thrillers of all time.