Anton Karas not satisfied, as he would have preferred to perform for locals who would understand him, his language and music. Because of this, he retired and retreated from the limelight in 1966, explaining, "I'm not a tourist guy, and what I did there had hardly anything to do with 'Vienna Heuriger'." Anton Karas Anton Karas (7 July 1906 – 10 January 1985) was a Viennese zither player and composer, best known for his internationally famous 1948 soundtrack to Carol Reed's "The Third Man", which came about as a result of a chance meeting. Born in Vienna, one of five children of
Alexander Korda service in the Austrian Army because he was short-sighted. Korda made a film with Gyula Zilahy, "The Duped Journalist" (1914). He also directed "Tutyu and Totyo" (1915), "The Officer's Swordknot" (1915) and "Lyon Lea" (1915). Korda established a film company named Corvin Film, building it into one of the largest in Hungary. His first film for them was "White Nights" (1916), a big success. He followed it with "The Grandmother" (1916), "Tales of the Typewriter" (1916), "The Man with Two Hearts" (1916), "The One Million Pound Note" (1916), "Cyclamen" (1916), "Struggling Hearts" (1916), "The Laughing Saskia" (1916), "Miska the Magnate"