Malta Story (1953)

Directed by

Brian Desmond Hurst

Genre

war film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

U

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the siege of Malta in World War Two, an RAF reconnaissance pilot falls in love with a local Maltese woman. Her brother is caught spying for the Italians and faces execution.

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What happens

Malta Story is a 1953 British war film, directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, set during the air defence of Malta during the Siege of Malta in the Second World War. The film uses real and unique footage of the locations at which the battles were fought and includes a love story between an RAF reconnaissance pilot and a Maltese woman, as well as the anticipated execution of her brother, caught as an Italian spy. The pilot's character is loosely based on Adrian Warburton, and the Maltese woman's brother's is based on Carmelo Borg Pisani, who was executed in 1942. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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