There are many uploads of this awesome theme at RU-vid... but this version is one of the best i think. Anton Karas plays together with the "Two Rudis". Pictures taken by myself.
From a 80year old....One of the greatest black and white films ever and probably the finest music to it, every time I hear it, it reminds me of my mother and father who loved it! they don't make them or play them like this anymore.....
Actually they do, my mom's Barbara Laister-Ebner, one of the most famous living zither players and she plays the Harry-Lime-Theme every week at the third man tour in Vienna!!!
When I was in Holland in 1951 I was on a cycle tour and came to Bergen op Zoom where a man in the square was playing 'The third man' on a zither. An unforgettable experience.
There is something truly magical about this tune, despite hearing it countless times, it still sends shivers down my spine, a true masterpiece. Thank you Anton Karas.
I just got my Dads Collection of 78s out of the loft and this one was on top so I thought I didn't know it, He passed away in 88, So I've just looked it up on RU-vid and as soon as I heard it loads of memories came flooding back. Standing on my Dads feet while we moved/danced around the house... Thank You...
When visiting Vienna in 1991, I had to go on the Ferris wheel where Joseph Cotton confront Olson Welles on selling watered down penicillin. But oh that closing scene where Alida Valli walks by Cotton with that haunting zither must be the classic of all times. I saw the movie 60 years ago no never get tired of it
It was the first movie my grandfather watched in a cinema after coming home from Russia after spending seven years there. Three years as a German soldier, and four years as a prisoner of War.
I remember, as a kid, my mother (Australian), who married an Austrian (during WW2), raving about the movie, and as much as she loved classical music (she was a trained violinist), one of her great favourites was The Harry Lime Theme, played, of course, by Anton Karas. Bravo! Bravo! (And many thanks to the old bloke, who just rang the ABC Radio Station to which I was listening and reminded me of this piece and days, long past.)
Mein Onkel Konrad war auch ein begnadeter Zitherspieler. Vielleicht hat ihn dieses Stück dazu inspiriert Zither zu lernen. Leider ist er schon verstorben. Das Duett mit der Harmonika hätte ich auch gerne mit ihm selbst gespielt. R.I.P. MfG Hans
Heard this song years ago in the 2001 movie XXX starring Vin Diesel. It is being played by a musician just as his character, Xander Cage, goes to a nightclub with a cop he met up with in Prague to see if they can see Yorgi and his crew. This tune has stuck with me all these years and it wasn’t until I heard it played by the beatles in the documentary “Get Back” just days ago that I came to know the name of this song!
I loved this melody from childhood Thanks to you tube It can bring me to tears over again,and finaly got to see the movie.great nestaljia. {spell much?}
You're right-- an excellent arrangement! Nice photos, too! I've had coffee at the café in the film and the photos bring back good memories. Thanks for sharing!
Fantastiskt! Detta är den bästa inspelningen av alla, man känner atmosfären från filmen " Den tredje mannen" i blodet. Och bilderna....................
Que j'aime cette interprétation, le troisième homme,quel instrument fabuleux! QU'EST la citare c'est mélodieux c'est dommage, on ne l'entend pas très souvent, bravo Anton karas ,merci
This has been my favourite piece of music since I first heard it when I was six. Now sixty nine and it is still my favourite. Thank you so much for sharing. Greatly appreciated.
Nice! Thank you very much for Sharing!!!!! What a way of meeting people and get to see their talent. At first was reluctant being on youtube, but getting to do this has brought me into the houses of some very special people. You are one of them. Life; isn't it wonderful!!! Keep up the good work. Have A Splendid Day!!!! A New Friend Erick
REALLY BEAUTIFUL! I WISH TO HEAR THIS PIECE OF MUSIC ALSO WHILE LYING ON MY DEATH BED. IT IS SO SOOTHING AT LEAST TO ME AND MAKES ME FEEL AT PEACE WITH THE LORD WHEN I HEAR IT. CONTINUE TO REST IN THE PEACE OF THE LORD ANTON AND THANKS. JOHN G MICALLEF MALTA.
Det er mange år siden, filmen "Den tredie Mand", med Orson Welles, gik for fulde huse i København. Jeg mener, filmen foregår i Wien, men handlingen er tildels glemt, hvorimod temaet med Anton Karas zither-spil stadig huskes.......
