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The film ends as it begins Martins attends Lime’s funeral, for a second time.

The film climaxes as police try to arrest Lime, resulting in a big chase in the tunnels beneath Vienna.

As a turning point in the movie, we discover that Lime is alive and somebody else was buried in his coffin. Martins and Anna, Lime’s actress girlfriend, try to find the truth behind the accident, connecting all the circumstances surrounding Harry’s death. Holly Martins arrives in Vienna to meet his old friend Harry Lime, only to find that Harry has been killed, supposedly in an accident. The plot of the film surrounds a suspicious accident. There is an atmospheric use of black-and-white expressionist elements by the film’s cinematographer, Robert Krasker. The Third Man is a 1949 British film noir directed by Carol Reed and written by Graham Greene. Plot of The Third Man Fig.1 The Third Man, 1949 _ Cover of Film The need for Expressionism, and subsequently Film Noir, to flourish came from the rebellious climate that shrouded the world an innate need for people to express their feelings of discontent with the existing order and the intent to incite a revolutionary change after the First World War and throughout the Second World War. Finally, the most common thematic plot points are the detective, the femme fatal, and an investigation into a crime a crime that tends to be a murder. The narrative in Film Noir is often delivered through the medium of flashbacks, and a large portion of the plot takes place at night, predominantly when it is raining. In both artistic movements, we are faced with characters that have a dark, evil side to them.

These are underpinned by the use of sharp lines and deep shadows to accentuate the sets.įilm Noir may be characterized by the use of black and white, the use of low key lighting, close-ups, abstract angles and deep-focus of shooting. Common tropes that appear in both Film Noir and Expressionism are the repetitive crime drama, and romances with the sense of scepticism and paranoia. The Third Man_Analysis By Rafaella Siagkriįilm Noir and The influence of German Expressionismįilm Noir emerged in the 1940’s in America, heavily influenced by German Expressionism.