The Malta Independent 9 May 2024, Thursday
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Film about Great Siege shot in Malta released, according to IMDB

Wednesday, 3 February 2021, 12:54 Last update: about 4 years ago

God's Soldiers was the first major production to shoot and complete in Malta after the first wave of Covid-19, according to the website Prolific North.

The production was released in Austria in late 2020 according to IMDB.

The drama documentary “follows two individuals in a long-running conflict between two of the most powerful world religions, which built up to a climactic battle in the Mediterranean,” Prolific North writes. “It was supported by grants from the Malta Film Commission and European MEDIA Creative Europe.”

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The documentary was to appear on German and Austrian public broadcasters and on a French TV channel. Prolific North writes that the feature is released in two 52-minute episodes and one 91-minute version.

IMDB defines the storyline as: “In the mid-16th Century, a long running conflict between two of the most powerful world religions is building up to a climactic battle in the Mediterranean for the very soul of Europe. Facing each other are two highly trained forces. The Knights of the Order of St. John, a small but formidable Christian military Order. And the Muslim Janissaries, the fearsome crack troops of the Sultan. The historic events are told through the eyes of a young Ottoman conscript and his future arch-rival, a novice Christian knight. From an early age, both are trained to fight in the name of God, and Allah.”

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