Film · 1978 · Alan Parker
Midnight Express filming locations in Malta
Midnight Express (1978) filmed its Istanbul prison scenes at Fort St Elmo in Valletta, Malta.
Where was Midnight Express filmed in Malta?
Alan Parker's prison drama couldn't film in Turkey, so Malta stood in, with Fort St Elmo as the prison.
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Valletta
Fort St Elmo
Fort St Elmo in Valletta was the Turkish prison in Midnight Express (1978).
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Valletta
Mediterranean Conference Centre (Sacra Infermeria)
Valletta's Mediterranean Conference Centre, the Knights' 1574 Sacra Infermeria hospital, played the 'Bank Internazzjonali ta' Malta' in season three of Queen of the South and the hospital for the criminally insane in Midnight Express.
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Scene by scene
- Midnight ExpressThe prison scenes — played A Turkish prison in IstanbulFort St Elmo →
- Midnight ExpressAfter attacking a guard, Billy Hayes (Brad Davis) is sent to the prison asylum wing, filmed in the Sacra Infermeria — played 'Section 13 for the Criminally Insane', IstanbulMediterranean Conference Centre (Sacra Infermeria) →
See it on the map
The exact spot and camera angle for every Midnight Express scene in Malta.