Anton Karas
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A native of Vienna who apprenticed as a tool and die maker while studying music in the evenings, Karas later enrolled at the University of Music and Performing Arts and earned his living entertaining in local heurigers. After serving in the German anti-aircraft units during the war, a chance encounter with director Carol Reed in 1948 led to his composing the iconic zither score for The Third Man,…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources