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The Third Man (1949)

Where The Third Man says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Postwar Vienna's famous sewer entrance was a dummy advertising column, and the café was a set built in a public square

Scenes and places

Harry Lime's funeral (1949)

Martins attends the funeral of Harry Lime, the friend who invited him to Vienna. There he meets Major Calloway, who tells him to go home.

Set in Vienna cemetery (unnamed in the film) — Holly Martins attends the funeral of his friend Harry Lime. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The cemetery opened in 1874 and covers about 2.4 square kilometres.

Filmed at Vienna Central Cemetery (Zentralfriedhof) (Simmering, Vienna, Austria) — Lime's fake grave was staged to the left of the Elchinger family tomb. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Take tram 71 from the city centre to the Central Cemetery; the main gate is at Simmeringer Hauptstraße 234.

Lime's apartment building (1949)

Martins questions Lime's porter. The porter says a third man helped carry the body, a detail that does not fit the official story.

Set in Harry Lime's apartment building — Martins questions the porter about how Lime died. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The 1784 neoclassical palace was built by Hetzendorf von Hohenberg.

Filmed at Palais Pallavicini, Josefsplatz 5 (Innere Stadt · Josefsplatz, Vienna, Austria) — The palace exterior is Lime's apartment building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: In the Innere Stadt on Josefsplatz, next to the Hofburg; the exterior can be seen from the square.

The Café Marc Aurel (1949)

Martins, Anna and the British officers meet in a café in the international zone.

Set in Café Marc Aurel, international zone — Martins, Anna and the British officers meet in a café in the international zone. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Hoher Markt is a square in Vienna's first district.

Filmed at Hoher Markt (café set site) (Innere Stadt · Hoher Markt, Vienna, Austria) — The café was a set built on this square, near the Vermählungsbrunnen fountain; it is not a real café. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: The square is in the Innere Stadt; nothing of the set remains.

The chase through the old town (1949)

Martins follows a stranger through the narrow streets and arches of the old town at night.

Set in Schreyvogelgasse, Schulhof and Am Hof — Martins leaves Anna's home and follows a figure through the night streets of the old town. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Schreyvogelgasse 8, doorway (Innere Stadt · Schreyvogelgasse, Vienna, Austria) — A doorway on this street (the street's representative point, not the building) appears in the film; it also appears in Before Sunrise. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there:

Filmed at Am Hof (Innere Stadt · Am Hof, Vienna, Austria) — Martins loses sight of the figure on this square (now with an underground car park). Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there:

The Ferris wheel talk (1949)

Lime and Martins meet on the Ferris wheel. Lime points down at the people below as if they were dots.

Set in Wiener Riesenrad, Prater — Lime and Martins meet and talk in a car of the giant Ferris wheel. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The wheel was completed in 1897 and rebuilt after war damage with 15 cars instead of 30.

Filmed at Wiener Riesenrad, Prater (Leopoldstadt · Prater, Vienna, Austria) — Exterior shots were made at the real wheel; the interior of the car was filmed elsewhere. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: In the Prater amusement park, close to Praterstern station (U1, S-Bahn).

The chase in the sewers (1949)

Soldiers and police pursue Lime through the maze of sewers under the city.

Set in Vienna sewers, below the city — Soldiers and police chase Lime through the sewers beneath the city. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Orson Welles complained about shooting in the real sewers, so much of it moved to UK studios with doubles.

Filmed at Am Hof (advertising column entrance) (Innere Stadt · Am Hof, Vienna, Austria) — A dummy advertising column stood on this square as the sewer entrance. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: In the Innere Stadt, a short walk from Hoher Markt.

Filmed at Karlsplatz, Girardipark (Third Man tour sewer descent) (Karlsplatz · Girardipark, Vienna, Austria) — The city's tour site calls this the original film location in the Vienna sewers; it does not say which scene. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: At Karlsplatz; the Third Man tour starts here.

Filmed at Shepperton Studios, Surrey, UK (Surrey, UK, Vienna, Austria) — Part of the sewer chase was reshot on sets built here. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: A working film studio, not open to visitors.

Filmed at Mölker Bastei (Innere Stadt · Mölker Bastei, Vienna, Austria) — Scene not specified Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Westbahnhof (old station) (Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, Vienna, Austria) — Martins arrives in Vienna Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Josefsplatz, by the Joseph II statue (Innere Stadt · Josefsplatz, Vienna, Austria) — The account of the accident Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Maria am Gestade stairs and church (Innere Stadt · Maria am Gestade, Vienna, Austria) — Martins shakes off a pursuer Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Ruprechtskirche steps (Innere Stadt · Ruprechtskirche, Vienna, Austria) — Martins and Anna escape a crowd Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Reichsbrücke (Leopoldstadt · Reichsbrücke, Vienna, Austria) — A meeting on a bridge Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Hotel Sacher (Innere Stadt · Hotel Sacher, Vienna, Austria) — Martins' hotel room, after arriving Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Neuer Markt (south end) (Innere Stadt · Neuer Markt, Vienna, Austria) — Café scene with Kurtz Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Theater in der Josefstadt (Josefstadt, Vienna, Austria) — Anna's first appearance Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Casanova club, Dorotheergasse 6-8 (Innere Stadt · Dorotheergasse, Vienna, Austria) — The club meeting, mid-film Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Heimat Kino (now Schauspielhaus), Porzellangasse 19 (Alsergrund · Porzellangasse, Vienna, Austria) — A hiding place, late in the film Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Salesianerkirche, Rennweg 10 (Landstraße · Rennweg, Vienna, Austria) — Martins' planned lecture Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Minoritenkirche (Innere Stadt · Minoritenplatz, Vienna, Austria) — Martins' taxi ride Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Stallburg (Innere Stadt · Hofburg, Vienna, Austria) — A shadow on a building wall Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Holly Martins — An American pulp-Western writer who comes to postwar Vienna at his friend's invitation.
• Harry Lime — Martins' charming friend, who is reported dead on the day Martins arrives.
• Anna Schmidt — An actress and Lime's girlfriend.
• Major Calloway — The British military police officer who warns Martins to leave.

Questions answered on the map

• Where was the advertising column over the sewer entrance really filmed?
• Where was Harry Lime's funeral really filmed?