SETTING: OCCUPIED VIENNA 1945-55

British producer Alexander Korda wanted to create a movie about post-war Europe. He chose Vienna, which was devided in four occupied zones by the U.S.A., Great Britain, France and the U.S.S.R. All four powers worked together in the Inner City.

Graham Greene's sensitive research and Carol Reed's documentary style make "The Third Man" a unique testimony of post-war Vienna.

In our museum a wide range of original documents illustrate the daily life of those days between bombed out buildings, hunger, black market and demarcation lines.

Movie quotes from "The Third Man" give information on the time: A different sort of history lesson.