Film · 1949

The Third Man

Name: The Third Man
Director: Carol Reed
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Mystery, Adventure, Drama
Released: 1949
Duration: 104 min
Cast: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard, Bernard Lee

by Carol Reed

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Details

Type: Film
Released: 1949
Director: Carol Reed
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery Adventure Drama
Countries: United Kingdom
Original language: English
Running time: 1 h 44 min

Cast

Orson Welles
Joseph Cotten
Alida Valli
Trevor Howard
Bernard Lee
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Ernst Deutsch
Paul Hörbiger

Awards

Wins

Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (1951)
Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix (1949)
BAFTA Award for Best British Film (1950)

Nominations

BAFTA Award for Best Film (1950)
Academy Award for Best Director (1951)
Academy Award for Best Film Editing (1951)
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film (1949)

In France

Theater admissions: 5,744,140
French rating: Tout public
French release visa: No. 9367

Source: CNC, French open data (Licence Ouverte)