Anton Karas 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 a factory worker, Anton Karas was already keen on music as a child. He wanted to become a band leader, which because of the family's financial situation was impossible. However, he was allowed to learn to play an instrument, as were his two brothers and two sisters. He later reported
Rade Korda with black beards led by Korda Rade" () has been written in honor of Korda, sometimes accompanied by a gusle. Rade Korda Rade Korda (), or Rade Kordić, was a Montenegrin Serb gendarmerie sergeant and Chetnik commander ("vojvoda", војвода) in the Bijelo Polje region (present-day Montenegro) in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II. After the Sandžak Muslim militia burned houses of Orthodox Christian villagers in Godiljeva during the July 1941 uprising in Montenegro, Korda became involved in a struggle with Muslims. He became an influential Chetnik commander in the region of Bijelo Polje and Sjenica, which opposed the Chetniks' anticommunist