Noir and more
Vienna builds tourist industry around 1949’s dark classic film, The Third Man
Posted: December 13, 2009 at 3:53 a.m.
A visitor strolls through the Vienna sewers during a guided tour of The Third Man. Six decades after The Third Man premiered in London in 1949, tourists from all over the world continue to pound the Austrian capital’s pavement and even slip into its sewers, to see where the much-acclaimed motion picture was set.
Sachertorte. Magnificent palaces. Splendid museums. When Phillip Kalantirsky had his fill of Vienna the Opulent, he stayed on for a taste of Vienna Noir — in a walking tour built around the cult classic film The Third Man.
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Travel, Pages 61 on 12/13/2009
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