Malta Story

1953 film by Brian Desmond Hurst
Movie film Q1887789
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Malta Story

Summary

Malta Story is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (75 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Malta Story's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Malta Story's director is recorded as Brian Desmond Hurst[4].
  • Malta Story's screenwriter is recorded as Nigel Balchin[5].
  • Malta Story's composer is recorded as William Alwyn[6].
  • Malta Story's genre is recorded as war film[7].
  • Malta Story's cast member is recorded as Alec Guinness[8].
  • Malta Story's cast member is recorded as Jack Hawkins[9].
  • Malta Story's cast member is recorded as Anthony Steel[10].
  • Malta Story's cast member is recorded as Muriel Pavlow[11].
  • Malta Story's cast member is recorded as Hugh Burden[12].
  • Malta Story's cast member is recorded as Nigel Stock[13].
  • Malta Story's cast member is recorded as Flora Robson[14].
  • Malta Story's director of photography is recorded as Leon Shamroy[15].
  • Malta Story's director of photography is recorded as Robert Krasker[16].
  • Malta Story's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0046029[17].
  • Malta Story's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[18].
  • Malta Story's distribution format is recorded as video on demand[19].
  • Malta Story's color is recorded as black-and-white[20].
  • Malta Story's FilmAffinity film ID is recorded as 187603[21].
  • Malta Story's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[22].
  • Malta Story's publication date is recorded as +1953-01-01T00:00:00Z[23].
  • Malta Story's publication date is recorded as +1953-06-23T00:00:00Z[24].
  • Malta Story's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fx_dp[25].
  • Malta Story's Internet Archive ID is recorded as MaltaStory[26].
  • Malta Story's distributed by is recorded as General Film Distributors[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Malta Story's director is recorded as Brian Desmond Hurst[4]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Nigel Balchin[5]. Cast members include Alec Guinness[8], Jack Hawkins[9], Anthony Steel[10], Muriel Pavlow[11], Hugh Burden[12], and Nigel Stock[13].

Publication

Publication dates include +1953-01-01T00:00:00Z[23] and +1953-06-23T00:00:00Z[24]. Malta Story's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[18]. Its genre is recorded as war film[7].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include World War II[28] and aviation[29].

Why It Matters

Malta Story ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (75 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Google Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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