“In the sense that she is in the trenches, she is in one location and cannot leave, she’s very alone in the mayhem of the war,” he said. “What Golda did during those fateful two weeks the story that really captures who Golda was, her toughness and indefatigability.”ĭirector Nattiv said he drew inspiration for the film from Wolfgang Petersen’s 1981 antiwar classic Das Boot. “It is quite a new take said Nicholas Martin, who wrote the Golda screenplay. Nattiv’s film focuses on those few eventful days, moving between the Israeli war room and the hospital, capturing the political and personal Meir at the time of her greatest challenge. Having been diagnosed with cancer (the Israeli politician was a notorious chain smoker), she was secretly undergoing treatment while the war progressed. In the wake of the war, Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel, becoming the first Arab country to recognize the Jewish state.Īll the while, Meir was engaged in another, personal battle. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to secure vital military supplies and commanding a group of skeptical (and often incompetent) generals to secure a surprise victory that changed the face of the Middle East. But Meir, the only woman in the Israeli government, proved a remarkably effective war leader: using her close ties to U.S.
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The British actress, now starring on the little screen in Yellowstone prequel series 1923, plays the Israeli Prime Minister during the tumultuous days of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.Ī surprise twin attack from the Arab powers of Syria and Egypt, on the morning of Jewish holiday Yom Kippur, led to major losses on Israel’s side and nearly led to the country’s complete military defeat. 20, at the Berlin International Film Festival. That different path is the focus of Golda, the new drama from Israeli director Guy Nattiv ( Skin), which had its world premiere Monday, Feb. She was happiest when she was on the kibbutz looking after the chickens, but life took her on a different path.” She had that wonderful domestic side to her. “It was a bit like playing Elizabeth the first of England, in the sense her commitment to her country and to her nation. She achieved it without being the sort of power-mad sort of dictator character. “ was extraordinarily brave and her commitment to Israel was total,” said Mirren. 'Inside' Review: Willem Dafoe Adds Another Tortured Soul to His Portrait Gallery in a Suffocating Intellectual Exercise 'Kiss the Future' Review: Stirring Doc Depicts How U2 Inspired War-Torn Sarajevo 'Golda' Review: Helen Mirren Makes a Commanding Golda Meir in Square but Serviceable Biopic But her earlier namesake, Queen Elizabeth I, whom she played in an HBO miniseries of the same name in 2005.
Not Queen Elizabeth II, the role that won Mirren the Oscar in 2007 for The Queen.
Playing Golda Meir, says Helen Mirren, was not unlike playing the queen.
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