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.
Blood on the Crown is a 2021 Maltese-Canadian-American film directed by Davide Ferrario and starring Harvey Keitel, Malcolm McDowell, and Tom Prior. Roland Joffé served as an executive producer of the film. The film is based on the 1919's Sette Giugno events.