--- title: 'Malta Story (1953)' type: 'film' director: 'Brian Desmond Hurst' released: '1953-01-01' runtime_minutes: 103 genres: - 'War' countries: - 'United Kingdom' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/malta-story-1953' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046029/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Malta Story (1953) 1953 · 103 min · War · United Kingdom ## Synopsis 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. ## Credits - **Director:** [Brian Desmond Hurst](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-desmond-hurst) - **Screenplay:** [Nigel Balchin](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-balchin) - **Original Music Composer:** [William Alwyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-alwyn) - **Director of Photography:** [Robert Krasker](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-krasker), [Leon Shamroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-shamroy) - **Editor:** [Michael Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-gordon-2) ## Cast - [Anthony Steel](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-steel) - [Alec Guinness](https://cinepixo.com/people/alec-guinness) - [Muriel Pavlow](https://cinepixo.com/people/muriel-pavlow) - [Jack Hawkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-hawkins) - [Hugh Burden](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-burden) - [Flora Robson](https://cinepixo.com/people/flora-robson) - [Nigel Stock](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-stock) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/malta-story-1953 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1887789); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.