Anton Karas - Der Dritte Mann (The Third Man) Harry Lime Theme (HQ Audio)
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- The original version in the movie was Anton Karas playing solo but this version with additional instruments was released as a single and was the biggest hit on the 1950 Cash Box 100 staying number 1 for 11 weeks. While the original is more haunting and perfect for the movie, this version which I have over-dubbed onto an old video performance has wider appeal while still showcasing Anton Karas' zither genius in both composition and performance.
I still love to listen to this amazing Harry Lime Theme played on the zither by Anton Karas.
I am now 91 years old.
TQ.
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Best regards from Switzerland.
Me too, every time I hear this theme, I'm taken back to watching it for the first time in the theatre.
I can't remember the plot but the theme music still haunts me!
I was seven years old when this tune was first released. I loved it then. I am now seventy eight, and I still love it.
I feel just the same! 😊
u02920 Me too! Brings back memories of visiting Grandma who lived in Vienna
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Yup, rather haunting, I was a wee boy of about the same age.
I first heard the piece at the age of 5 watching the film sat on my father’s knee at home. It hasn’t been played now for many years but hearing it again brings back memories!
Still one of the best films ever made, and certainly the best theme music.
Es gibt Filme und Musik die muß man immer wieder sehen und hören, sowie eine Stadt die man auch immer mal wieder sehen muss. Danke und schöne Grüße aus Franken
I heard this when I was very young. I loved it.. Im 71 now.
Good boy. Me too. 66
Ja -- me too - I am now 88
Me too! I'm 72.
Nice boys me from get back the beatles im 22
Ok. I am 74😅
Many many years ago. I still get sentimental. One of my dads fav.❤❤
I am 82 now and still love the film and, especially, this theme music.
This is one of the my favorite music and unforgettable film in my life.
This spine chilling music captivated me as a ~12 year old but only because the book was read to me in a Grammar school English lessons by a delightful and cultivated English teacher. I don't recall first hearing but the film did from first view and 50+ years later has never left me. Anton Karas devises the perfect score for the best film ever made and no coincidence it was Carol Reed, Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles that made an indelible impression on me which remains today - Ponto, Weintraub, et al gave such superb performances, all from the canon of German Impressionist film making. Geniuses at work and what corridors in my mind they directed me to......still walking through door after door.
Ha! I was 8....I remember it and loved it. I am now 80 and I just queued up the movie to watch tomorrow evening.
Einer der genialsten Stücke.
I cannot imagine The Third Man without the very atmospheric music of Anton Ksras and his zither.
By the Numbers it was a good movie,but with the music...priceless
It wasn't made by Anton Karas. It was made by my mothers grandfather, they were friends and Anton stole his life work.
Nor can I imagine the film in colour
@@MeikelDaVinci b itte wo ist das dokumentiert?
@@busodelor1977 öffentlich nirgendwo weshalb du auch nicht den Namen meines Urgroßvater's als Komponist sehen wirst. In meiner Familie allerdings eine sehr traurige Geschichte und auf Papier nicht dokumentiert.
The great film and the great music are inseparable. I *love* the final scene.
Immer wieder schön zu hören !!! 👍🏼😍
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WELLES, COTTEN, VALLI (Baronessa tedesca) HOWARD e Anton KARAS dire BRAVISSIMI è SMINUIRLI.
BUONA PASQUA a chi ha letto, legge o leggerà quest SMS.
Yes, it is.
Ich muss ehrlich gestehen, ich bin noch ein junges, naives Mädchen, aber die tolle Musik und die Begabung von Anton Karas kann ich schon jetzt erkennen.
Da sollten Sie sich den Film "Der Dritte Mann" ansehen, dort ist die Musik am besten aufgehoben, weil Karas sie komponierte, während er den Film sah. Es gibt kaum eine stimmigere Filmmusik. Der Regisseur Carol Reed hatte schon eine andere Musik schreiben lassen, aber als er Karas hörte, wusste er, dass keine Musik wienerischer sein konnte.
I have loved this since childhood when I was taken to see the film The Third Man. The music is so memorable. M. Clifford
@@schienenlaufer697das wusste ich nicht. Bin Fan vom Film und der Musik sowieso, sie ist wunderbar und ja, wienerischer geht nicht mehr ❤
Sooo ein schönes Stück. Ich liebte es schon als Kind und finde es jetzt mit knspp 60 immer noch so schön. Schade das junge Menschen so etwas gar nicht mehr kennen... 😎
hallo Gabi, bin Bj. ´62 & mir geht´s GENAUSO...-:)-:)
Ein 22--jähriger hier, der das Lied kennt 😉
@@MathiasBacher Kann ich toppen, hab das schon gefeiert als es mir mein Opa mit 11 gezeigt hat. Jahrgang 2004 btw.
The zither is a beautiful melodic instrument and Anton Karas played it beautifully Reminds me of holidays spent in Austria Such a memorable time
ein grandioser Spielfilm aus dieser Zeit und der Titelmusik.Freue mich immer wieder wenn es im TV läuft.
fabulous music for a wonderfull movie,, thanks
Wonderful tune played by the master of the zither
Was für eine Musik und was für ein Film! Sagenhafte Hommage an diese Stadt, und trotzdem nie banal oder übertrieben!
Thousand thanks for such a nice comment. At least I am not the only one who feels that way. I am born in Vienna and lived there to my middle 20's! Thanks again. The bridge you see there in the movie is not there anymore (Reichsbruecke) I believe it collapsed on a Summer Sunday early morning with only 1 car on it. A few hours later, there would have been many more casualties (thousends) because everyone wanted to go to the 'Gaensehaufl' a bad at the old Danube or just to the old Danube swimming.
Like the 1993 movie ‘The Fugitive’, this is a film I never get tired of!!
Danke schön
Lieber Herr Karas, Worte können nicht ausdrücken, was Sie mir/uns mit diesem Lied geschenkt haben! Herzlichen Dank und mögen Sie in Frieden ruhen🙏!
Just watched the movie again for the umpteenth time,totally atmospheric,no sound score ever bettered this.
It was on AMC last night. Watched for the 1st time since I was just a little kid. Certain scenes are there in my mental archives. The music is ageless.
Lovely but it really doesn't need the orchestra drowning his terrific zither playing out. The original movie theme is just Karas playing solo, much better. I dig his Loden jacket, very Tyrolian!
You’re so right! Sacrilege! Dark and smoky movie, vibrant music. Don’t change a thing!
@@janillemccall9177 THEY ADDED SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT NEEDED . . . DAMN IT. I HAVE THEE LP WITH OUT THAT DAMN UNWANTED HELP. Is he playing in a cave ?????
The original was perfect. Why spoil it? :-(
Here's a link to solo zither, no accordion accompaniment. th-cam.com/video/a-W5ktOR2ts/w-d-xo.html
❤ wow. 1:25
Ce morceau a marqué mes vertes années d'une ancre indélébile. J'ai aujourd'hui 70 ans. Je l'écoute à nouveau et régulièrement sans me lasser. René
Un super bravo ad Anton Karas per aver creato questa bellissima musica.
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Non solo KARAS è bravo ma gli attori: WELLES COTTEN VALLI HAWARD bravissimi.
One of my favorite films and soundtrack of all time
I’ve loved this for so many years.
just great,the music is timeless and srill beauttyfull as when it came out,a great instrument played by a great citarplayer.super👍👍👍👍👍
No vi la película El Tercer Hombre era muy chico cuando la dieron en cines y hoy no de consigue. Pero este tema me lleva a mubinfsncua
I was in a hotel in Tehran in the late 70's when the opening tune came on the TV in the foyer. "Very good English film" said a voice. A guy from Sweden and myself sat and watched it . Not many days later the hotel was trashed by rioters against the Shar and I got out of Iran asap.
Wow marvelous, just like hearing Orson Welles talking as Harry Lime on old Time radio.
One of the finest suspense thriller movie ever made in Britain.Great composition of Anton Karas,photography of Robert Kraskar n well directed by Carol Reed.Equally great performances of Orson Wells,Alisa Valli,Joseph Cotten n Trevor Howard.Truly a gem of movie.One of the best movies of forties.
And the scenes shot in recently-post-war Vienna are historically valuable & remarkably enticing!
Arguably the best movie ever made in Britain.The photography of Australian Robert Kraskar is brightest part of the movie.The long shot of the movie still consider one of the finest display of B/W photography.
virtuos und begnadet - Danke Anton für diese wunderschöne Musik
Beautiful music, I've always loved to hear Anton Karas playing zither. As a professional musician, this piece is one which I am most often asked to play. This is music which has soul.
Thank you so much for posting.
Sir you are dead right about this music it has class and most importantly a soul and it's a timeless classic and will be around long after we mere mortals have shuffled off this planet
Superbly made youtube of the great man and his hit tune. A great story and a memorable film.
This is one of the most interesting and beautiful tunes ever to accompany a great movie.
And if ever a film music deserved an Oscar... But this didn't ! Shame...
I saw "The Third Man" when it was first released in the U. S. in early 1950.
I was 9 years old. I was instantly hooked on the music and the movie.
It's my co-favorite movie of all time. My other co-favorite movie was
made in the same year in the same country: "Kind Hearts and Coronets."
My two all time favourites ,too. Great minds really do think alike!
Memories are made of this.
Masterpiece, always stay at my heart ,great orsen wels.
Orson was awesome!!
The great Carol Reed 😍
And Oliver's uncle, rip🙏🇬🇧
The zither is it? Fantastic
Stuff, and a memory forever.👍🇬🇧🤔✌️ x
Faithful too the end.
einfach unerreicht , superschön
Immer noch ein Hammer. Ich liebe die Zither, kann leider kaum noch jemand.
sind super töne, hamma
Masterpiece - Beautiful music.
Ricordo di gioventù ( avevo 11 anni) il film non lo ricordo piu ma la musica è sempre nel mio cuore.
das Lied ist so wunderschön, es gibt in Wien eine Tour durch das Kanalsystem, sehr empfehlenswert!
Der Einzige der sich jemals geweigert hatte in dieses Kanalsystem hinabzusteigen ist Orson Wells gewesen.
Der Berich des Kanals wo gefilmt worden war musste für Wells EXTRA PARFÜMIERT werden damit er in der einen Szene in der er physisch dort am Originaldrehort gewesen war überhaupt betreten hatte.
Deshalb sind auch DIE BERÜHMTEN FINGER die am Filmende durch den Kanaldeckel kamen nicht seine gewesen sondern die von Carol Reed persönlich da Wells die Kannalisation in Wien nie wieder betreten wollte.
@@rogerlynch5279 Kann man aber verstehen! Waren Sie schon im Kanal??? Bin in der Donau geschwommen wie ich jung war, und da sind die Wuerstel auch herumgeschwommen, grauslich.
Geweldig zowel de Muziek als de Filmacteur ! Onvergetelijk R.I.P ❤🇳🇱 ONVERGETELIJK 🙏Jaar 2023 Tijdstip 21:37 UUR Woensdagavond (7Juni )
I saw this movie when it came out.It shows the destruction of WW2 .I always loved this time.It stays with you.
I have heard many zither players but Anton really mastered the instrument.Was/is the king of the instrument.
I first heard this in the mid 1950s as a 5 year old.(the old 78rpm) It has stayed with me as one of my favorite pieces of music
Hola, que tal, escuchando esta música vuelvo a tener 8 añitos, hoy , gracias al Creador tengo 74 años y 10 meses.Naci el 17 de Noviembre del año 1946.Es maravilloso acordarse de la niñez, cuando se escuchaba la radio a tubos y que se demoraba alrededor de 2 minutos para que se recibiera la señal.Bueno, son recuerdos.Chao y gracias.
What a draconian instrument. Makes my hands hurt to watch this. Some kind of genius to tame that thing.
How can anyone not like this tune?
The original critics in 1949)50. To them " USING A PRIMITIV FOLK INSTRUMENT ONLY USED BY FARMERS AND SIMPLE MINDED COUNTRY FOLK DOES NOT BELONG INTO AN ENTERTAINMENT MOVIE""
Back in those days that statement was readable in a lot of magazines and newspaper articles world wide.
Indeed, it had been the first time in movie history that a major movie tune had been carried by a Folk Art Instrument just used for traditional local songs.
So the ZITTER in here was greundbraking.
But the movie did also CULTURE HISTORY in FASHION. The duffle coat TREVOR HOWERD sported as the leading Military Police Officer became a STANDARD ITEM since then.
Personaly I have loved those coats very much.
@@rogerlynch5279 Who cares about primitive folk instruments? The tune is still haunting no matter what it is played with.
And the movie? A masterpiece of the lady century.
Primi anni ottanta ,questa musica sentita in un caffè del Graben a Wien. Musica piena di melanconica dolcezza.
ANTON KARAS. 1906-1985 🙏❤️🙏
When I was a kid, we had the theme on a 78 rpm record- I played it all the time. One of the best themes and movies of all time!
Thank you professor Anton karas fot your music for ever 🙏
Every time I play the dvr of this movie, my neighbors also enjoy the opening music. And in the original version, that's Carol Reed doing the monologue. Vienna next summer or bust!! VISIT THE THIRD MAN MUSEUM while you're there. Say hello to Gerhard with greetings from the Ami who gave him the Brit uniforms. He'll know.
Great music brilliant film, I agree with all of you.
So good - my Father was also a Zither Player . This Song was the First instrumental , I have heard in my Life . 👏👏👏 Bravo .
Karas was only discovered by chance when the director of the film Carol Reed and members of the cast happened to hear him play in a Vienna wine Tavern. Reed was searching for music to go with the film and offered him to compose and record the soundtrack. Pure serendipity!
Fantastiskt, ich kann immer Anton Karas und Der dritte mann hören! Bertil Malm Varnhem
Beautiful song! The mystique of the melody line will forever warm my heart and hopefully yours as well! 😊😊
I agree beautiful music, but I also liked seeing a little bit what the War did, do a beautiful city! Hopefully we never have War again. Actually we saw only a little bit of destruction. I remember going up a circular staircase where partly half of the staircase was blown away (the inner part of staircase) through a bomb of whatever! No railing just on one side the wall, where you could put your hand there while climbing at 3 or 4 floor, don't remember anymore, how many floors! Some of the stairs had a big gap so you really had to be close to the wall, eerie!
Vedere Anton Karas, che suona il suo stupendo brano.....migliore del film....
love it since 100.000 years past and more
Truely beautiful it's in the top three most enegigmatic film themes
Thank you herr karras for your gift to movie history !!!!!
Maria Stevens- Me too!! Just rewatched the film - a masterpiece - one of greatest of all time
Excelente Anton Karas y su cítara con el bello tema de la muy buena película con dos actores brillantes.Suspenso, espionaje ..... en la Viena de otro tiempo pero siempre hermosa y señorial.Amo esta interpretación.Soy argentina y amo a Austria por mis ancestros.
He is awesome!!!! I love how he plays .
But, unfortunately his fame was despised by the locals; I do not know why as his playing added so much to the film.
@@normangale3159 How do you know???? Never heard about that. Maybe it was jealousy, that happens in Vienna!
Quite simply the best!
Ooh just wow! What a magical performance. Thank you very much.
One of the best black and white movies for atmosphere with that wonderful haunting music.
I never get tired of listening to it
Juergen
This movie really gripped us for decades! And all this drama was actually taking place night after night under Stalin in Russia!
He was a true artist!
lovely soundtrack to a great movie starred joseph cotton? thank you so much .
Michael Rennie stared in half he TV series as well.
For me it was the same. It was a great movie with great music. I am in your age and i have the same feeling.
I found this song on Sirius and love it! Seems to bring back childhood memories. I'm only 63 but still remember hearing this. Maybe it's the instruments I like. I'd like to find it on disc if possible.
It is available 😀
Sehr schöner Film! Passt gerade in unsere schwierige Zeit! Ich liebe dieses Lied..
Fascinante cette vidéo
La mise en scène,la musique
Merci You Tube
A real masterpiece unique
JE ME SOUVIENS DE MA MAMAN QUI ADORAIT CE FILM ET SA BELLE MUSIQUE ♥
my parents favorite song. ...what an art....bring it back please for our youth to enjoy or at least know about.
Anton Karas mit seinem wohl berühmtesten Stück!
Einer der ganz Großen der Zither!
This is actually probably the very first piece of music I remember from about no more than 4 years old, old fuzzy black and white TV in Ireland about 1959/60. Harry Lime.
SAME FOR ME
This is what you could see on national TV at night when I was young. Now you can find channels on TH-cam than rank "The Best Movies Ever" taking into account only those of the Marvel Universe.
A beautiful tune, a classic!
One of those sings I never tire of. I love this, as well as my 78 of Ahmed Ratip y su Cotton Pickers (Argentinan jazz band) on TK amd the Esquivel Victor LP version. The song always has great character
Beautiful! Thanks Frank Brus for this post. A beautiful piece for a sordid story: the perfect combination. I love that film.
Oscar Jesús López Camacho b
Anton karas super genial la musica preciosa
This is remarkable. I never thought I would actually see footage of Him playing it. Thank you.
It always breaks my heart to hear this.
This classic song verse/chorus/bridge-wise unstructured with male and female lead vocals and three part-harmony-lyrics over it... a great pop song! With singing about the great life as Swiss Mountain Farmer, call the cows, how great it is to life here up in the mountains, every day something to do, and hully gully in the evening after the sun went down... Hoi!
Quel beau montage et agencement avec vidéo couleur!. Félicitations! André Bouchard Canada
Absolument d'accord avec vs.
Salutations de Montréal
Einfach wunderbar, bis jetzt auch der ganze Mix. Grüße eines gelernten Wieners in Uruguay
tolle Musik , toller Film
One of the most hauntingly beautiful songs ever written. I read that the Pope requested he come to the Vatican and play this for him, and he did.
A classic. Delightful.