This morning on BBC Radio 4 in a thirty-minute programme titled "Vienna and the Shadow of The Third Man" Dr. Brigitte Timmermann uncovered Graham Greene's Vienna, and took us in the footsteps of the classic thriller sixty years on from its release.
Walking through the city, she tells stories which have fascinated generations of film buffs, from the role of Soviet master spy Kim Philby to tales of Sir Carol Reed's and Graham Greene's late night visits to Vienna's seediest bars.
With the help of the directors of The Third Man Museum in Vienna (seen on the left in the photograph), Brigitte explores Vienna's hidden history and examines why The Third Man was initially unpopular in the city which inspired it.
Brigitte (seen in the centre of the photograph above) is well known in Berkhamsted as a Friend of the Festival and also as a historian and tour guide in Vienna.
The programme is available to listen to again on BBC iPlayer until 12:02pm Tuesday 9th June 2009. You may see and read more about The Third Man Museum at its website.
Thank you so much for posting this link. I loved hearing the enthusiastic commentary about the film.
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