I will write a story summary of the beginning scenes of The Third Man. First of all, the characters in this movie are Holly Martins, Anna Schmidt, Harry Lime, Calloway, Paine, and so on. Then this story is an incident in Vienna. The center of the city is international, policed by an international patrol. Martins came all the way here to visit a friend of his by train. The train pulls into the station. He gets off the train and walks through the barrier. The friend is Lime. However, Martins heard unexpected news in Lime’s flat by the porter. The unexpected news was Lime’s death. Also, Martins heard that it was accidental death at this time. After that, Martins attended Lime’s funeral.
Next, when Martins walks off through the cemetery, Calloway calls out him. Calloway has got a car, so Martins gets into the car to go to town. Then they get acquainted in the car. However, they decided to drink in a bar having a drink. They talk about Lime there. Also, Martins is scrubber, and he tells Calloway about it of their talk. Calloway didn’t know it. Then they talk about Lime again. Paine just listens in on the two men. He is a sergeant. When Martins and Calloway talk about the cause of Lime’s death that it was not petrol, Paine walks over to the two men. Just at that moment, Martins and Calloway got a load on and started a brawl. Paine stops it.
After that, Martins stays military hotel. Paine guides him with talking. Paine knows that Martins is scrubber. Then Paine speaks to Crabbin. Paine introduces Martins to Crabbin. He didn’t know him. Also, he is doing propaganda. The week before, he had the striptease with Pain. They make Martins welcome. They are having a little lecture on the contemporary novel. However, Martins is due to leave tomorrow. Also, Martins was injured by the brawl. He continues to hold the handkerchief to his mouth. However, he was trying to punch a soldier’s major in the eye. Martins changed the talk, they are talking about Lime. He was going to stay with him at first, but Lime died. In contrast, Crabbin says such rude things to Martins, goodness, that’s awkward.
Just a telephone rings from Kurtz. He is a friend of Lime. They meet at the Mozart’s Café after the telephone. They talk about Lime. Martins tell Kurtz that the police have a crazy notion that Lime was mixed up in some sort of a racket. However, when Kurtz was hard up, he sold some tires on the black market. Martins want he helps Martins, but Kurtz is Austrian, and he has to be careful with the police. Then Martins knows the truth of Lime by Kurtz. Also, Martins asks Anna. She was in Lime’s funeral. Martins want she helps Martins. It may be able to do Lime’s postmortem, but Kurtz opposes that digging up of grave.
By the way, Martins goes to Anna’s backstage. They talk about Lime, and Martins knows new information by Anna that Dr. Winkel is Lime’s doctor. Also, he was passing just after it happened. Now, Martins and Anna are guessing with the porter. Some persons are concerned with the affair. The conceivable persons are three people, the porter considers.
After that, old woman tell Anna that the police come to Anna’s flat. Anna and Martins enter the building and climb the stairs to her flat. Then Anna has to show her papers, and even private letters. The private letters are from Lime, so the police want them for examining. Moreover, Anna has to go with police and Calloway.
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