The movie opens with a narrator explaining, “I never knew Vienna before the war. The narrator says of Vienna, it “doesn’t really look any worse than a lot of other European cities. His friend Harry Limes has sent for him, with an offer of a job. As I watched this movie I found myself often lost in the scenery, from the cobblestone streets to the sewers below. “The Third Man Theme” AKA “Harry Lime’s Theme” frequently pops up in the movie to keep the film from being swallowed by its own darkness.
