The Third Man (1949)

Siegfried Breuer: Popescu

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• Popescu : That's a nice girl, that. But she ought to go careful in Vienna. Everybody ought to go careful in a city like this.

• Popescu : Can l ask, is Mr. Martins engaged on a new book?

  Holly Martins : Yes. lt's called, "The Third Man".

  Popescu : A novel, Mr. Martins?

  Holly Martins : lt's a murder story. l've just started it. lt's based on fact.

• Popescu : l'd say you were doing something pretty dangerous this time.

  Holly Martins : Yeah?

  Popescu : Mixing fact and fiction.

  Holly Martins : Should l make it all fact?

  Popescu : Why, no, Mr. Martins. l'd say stick to fiction. Straight fiction.

• Popescu : l helped Harry fix her papers, Mr. Martins.

  Holly Martins : Oh, you did?

  Popescu : Not a sort of thing l should confess to a stranger, but you have to break the rules sometimes. Humanity - is a duty. Cigarette, Miss Schmidt?

• Holly Martins : l was told that a third man helped you and Kurtz carry the body.

  Popescu : l don't know how you got that idea. You'll find all about it in the police report. There was just the two of us, me and the Baron. Who could have told you a story like that ?

• Popescu : Why wasn't he at the police inquiry?

  Holly Martins : He doesn't want to get involved.

  Popescu : You'll never teach these Austrians to be good citizens. lt was his duty to give the evidence.