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Fort St Elmo
In Maltese: Il-Forti Sant'Iermu
Fort St Elmo in Valletta was the Turkish prison in Midnight Express (1978).
What was filmed at Fort St Elmo?
Midnight Express (1978)
The prison scenes. It played A Turkish prison in Istanbul.
World War Z (2013)
As the walls of 'Jerusalem' are breached by hordes of zombies, panicked crowds pour through the courtyard of Fort St Elmo. It played Jerusalem.
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
The opening scene: Poirot solves the theft of a relic in front of a crowd, with the fort's old walls doubling for the Wailing Wall; Poirot looks back on the case from one of the fort's arches. It played The Wailing Wall, Jerusalem.
Queen of the South (2016–2021)
In the season-three premiere, Teresa Mendoza is in Malta planning how to bring product through the island. Fort St Elmo and the nearby harbour waterfront feature, along with an explosion at a café near the fort. It played Itself (Valletta, Malta).
About Fort St Elmo
Star-shaped Fort St Elmo guards the tip of Valletta and now houses the National War Museum. Its yards and walls stood in for the Istanbul prison in Alan Parker's Midnight Express.
Best time to go
Morning, before it gets hot on the parade ground.
Sources
- Midnight Express filming locations
- List of films shot in Malta — Wikipedia
- movie-locations.com
- cineuropa.org
- guidememalta.com
Exact spot not yet checked on site — we visit every location before launch.