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The Malta Story Details

1953

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Starring	Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Steel, Flora Robson
Director	Brian Desmond Hurst
Genres	Action/Adventure, Drama

The Malta Story

This British wartime drama focuses on the crucial battle for control of Malta. Lieutenant Peter Ross, a Royal Air Force reconnaissance photographer, gets shot down over Malta while flying to Egypt. Since he cannot get off the island, the British forces there employ his talents to help defeat the Nazis. Ross sets out to find and photograph the location of the Nazi forces attacking the island--but he still finds time to fall in love with Maria, a local girl. The film mixes archival combat footage with documentary-style re-enactments to create a realistic portrayal of the historic battle.

Starring	Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Steel, Flora Robson, Renee Asherson, Hugh Burden, Muriel Pavlow, Ralph Truman, Reginald Tate
Director	Brian Desmond Hurst
Studio	ITV STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 39 mins
Certificate
Genres	Action/Adventure, Drama
Language	DVD: English
Hearing-impaired	English
Released	Production year: 1953 To Rent: DVD: 17 May 2004

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- Glib propaganda piece which is not very excitingly written or characterized, and fails to convince on any but the most elementary level.
- 33434
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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  Saving Malta ,Stiff upper lip style
  
  This is a good film restricted by what
  
  film makers of old meant the viewer to believe what war was like. Far too stiff upper lip,not a word out of ... read more »
  
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  - Colchester Essex
  - 12 Jul 2004 at 09:51
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  Film also Deserves Medal!
  
  This film very effectively combines the personal and the bigger historical picture of the plight of Malta during WWII. The picture excels in long range shots ... read more »
  
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- - Seedyvee
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  - Grantham
  - 17 Dec 2011 at 20:58
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  A forgotten story of courage in extreme adversity
  
  I wanted to see this film having recently read 'a long road to freedom'= the first hand account of a young soldier from NI who survived the horror of ... read more »
  
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  - 18 Sep 2011 at 00:43
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  Historic, moving & true
  
  Insightful, presents the choice the Maltese people made well. Amazing use of real footage. A little known (by my generation - being 30 something ;-) tale of ... read more »
  
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  - 09 Jun 2011 at 15:10
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  This British wartime drama focuses on the crucial battle for control of Malta. Lieutenant Peter Ross, a Royal Air Force reconnaissance photographer, gets shot down over Malta while flying to Egypt. Since he cannot get off the island, the British forces there employ his talents to help defeat the ...