from Lion International Films /
Selznick Distributing Corp.
Directed by
Carol
Reed
Starring
Joseph
Cotten (Holly Martins)
Alida Valli (Anna Schmidt)
Trevor
Howard (Major Calloway)
Orson Welles (Harry Lime)
Ernst Deutsch ("Baron" Kurtz)
Erich Ponto (Dr. Winkel)
Siegfried Breuer (Popescu)
Hedwig Bleibtreu (Old Woman)
Bernard Lee (Sergeant Paine)
Wilfrid Hyde-White (Crabbin)
Nelly Arno (Kurtz' Mother)
Leo Bieber (Barman (Casanova))
Alexis Chesnakov (Brodsky)
Herbert Halbik (Hansel)
Paul Hardtmuth (Hall porter)
Paul Horbiger (Porter)
Geoffrey Keen (British Policeman)
Annie Rosar (Porter's wife)
Frederick Schreicker (Hansel's Father)
Jenny Werner (Winkel's Maid)
Written by
Graham
Greene
Alexander Korda
Carol
Reed
Orson
Welles |
 The fractured
Europe post-World War II is perfectly captured in Carol Reed's
masterpiece thriller, set in a Vienna still shell-shocked from
battle. Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) is an alcoholic pulp writer
come to visit his old friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles). But when
Cotton first arrives in Vienna, Lime's funeral is under way.
From Lime's girlfriend and an occupying British officer, Martins
learns of allegations of Lime's involvement in racketeering,
which Martins vows to clear from his friend's reputation. As
he is drawn deeper into postwar intrigue, Martins finds layer
under layer of deception, which he desperately tries to sort
out. Welles's long-delayed entrance in the film has become one
of the hallmarks of modern cinematography, and it is just one
of dozens of cockeyed camera angles that seem to mirror the off-kilter
postwar society. Cotten and Welles give career-making performances,
and the Anton Karas zither theme will haunt you. --Anne
Hurley
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