Credited cast: | |||
Malcolm McDowell | ... | Colonel Saville | |
Harvey Keitel | ... | General Hunter Blair | |
Tom Prior | ... | Private Love | |
Ian Virgo | ... | Corporal Bell | |
Leeshon Alexander | ... | Private Colebrooke | |
Benedick Blythe | ... | Major Ritchie | |
Chris Dingli | ... | Superintendent Anton Busuttil (as Christopher Dingli) | |
Erica Muscat | ... | Maria Abela | |
Mikhail Basmadjian | ... | Carmelo Abela | |
Stephen Oliver | ... | Interrogating Officer | |
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Massimo Portelli | ... | Terrified Man |
Matthew Maggi | ... | Dying man | |
Robert Grose | ... | Governor's Valet | |
Marc Cabourdin | ... | Joseph Hamilton | |
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Henry Zammit Cordina | ... | Politician |
Just Noise (Storbju) chronicles how the citizens of Malta fought for independence from Britain in 1919. When the Army was sent to quell the riots and the British government covered up the bloody encounter, more than 100 Maltese were accused of instigating the violence and jailed. Written by Anonymous
Not your average war movie. Blood On The Crown (2021) is a powerful narrative, set in the final days of World War I. The untold story, written by Jean Pierre Magro, unfolds against the backdrop of true events surrounding Maltese Independence from Britain. Caught in the cross hairs of duty and oppression, the viewer is placed center stage, reliving pages of silenced history. Director Davide Ferrario frames the very soul of humanity, with Harvey Keitel underscoring a salient performance marked by the film's moral conflict. Malcom McDowell shifts the dynamics of the character divide with an arresting display of accomplishment. One can not leave this film without contemplating the very nature of defining freedom itself. Ian Virgo bookends this indelible historic war story, leaving us in the seat of our own morality, questioning 'How far would you go to KEEP freedom from another?' ...