''Golda'' is an upcoming American-British
biographical
A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just the basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or ...
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Guy Nattiv
Guy Nattiv (born May 24, 1973) is an Israeli film director, screenwriter and producer who lives and works in the United States. His film ''Skin'' won an Oscar for best short film at the 91st Academy Awards. As of May 2021, Nattiv and Moshe M ...
from a screenplay by Nicholas Martin. It depicts the life of
Golda Meir
Golda Meir, ; ar, جولدا مائير, Jūldā Māʾīr., group=nb (born Golda Mabovitch; 3 May 1898 – 8 December 1978) was an Israeli politician, teacher, and ''kibbutznikit'' who served as the fourth prime minister of Israel from 1969 to 1 ...
, Prime Minister of Israel, particularly during the
Yom Kippur War
The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was an armed conflict fought from October 6 to 25, 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egy ...
.
It will have its world premiere at the
Berlin International Film Festival
The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festi ...
in February 2023.
Cast
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Helen Mirren
Dame Helen Mirren (born Helen Lydia Mironoff; born 26 July 1945) is an English actor. The recipient of numerous accolades, she is the only performer to have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting in both the United States and the United Kingdom. ...
as
Golda Meir
Golda Meir, ; ar, جولدا مائير, Jūldā Māʾīr., group=nb (born Golda Mabovitch; 3 May 1898 – 8 December 1978) was an Israeli politician, teacher, and ''kibbutznikit'' who served as the fourth prime minister of Israel from 1969 to 1 ...
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Camille Cottin
Camille Cottin (; born 1 December 1978) is a French actress and comedian. Following her debut as a stage actress, she became known in 2013 for playing a capricious Parisian woman in the Canal+ hidden camera-sketches series ''Connasse'' (2013–20 ...
as Lou Kaddar
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Rami Heuberger
Rami Heuberger (Hebrew: רמי הויברגר; born October 12, 1963) is an Israeli director, actor and entertainer.
Biography Career in the theater
After his army service, Heuberger studied acting at Nissan Nativ's acting studio in Tel Aviv. A ...
as
Moshe Dayan
Moshe Dayan ( he, משה דיין; 20 May 1915 – 16 October 1981) was an Israeli military leader and politician. As commander of the Jerusalem front in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1953–1958) du ...
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Lior Ashkenazi
Lior Ashkenazi ( he, ליאור אשכנזי; born 28 December 1968) is an Israeli actor, voice actor, comedian and television presenter.
Biography
Lior Ashkenazi was born in Ramat Gan, Israel, and grew up in the Neveh Yehoshua neighborhood. His ...
as
David Elazar
David "Dado" Elazar ( he, דוד אלעזר; 27 August 1925 – 15 April 1976) was the ninth Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), serving in that capacity from 1972 to 1974. He was forced to resign in the aftermath of the Yom Kippu ...
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Dominic Mafham
Dominic Mafham (born 11 March 1968) is an English stage, film and television actor. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Career
Dominic Mafham trained at the National Youth Theatre and then the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Ma ...
as
Haim Bar Lev
Haim "Kidoni" Bar-Lev ( he, חיים בר-לב, 16 November 1924 – 7 May 1994) was a military officer during Israel's pre-state and early statehood eras and later a government minister.
Biography
Born Haim Brotzlewsky in Vienna and raised in ...
* Ellie Piercy
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Ed Stoppard
Edmund Stoppard (born 16 September 1974) is an English actor. He is the son of playwright Tom Stoppard and doctor Miriam, Lady Hogg.
Life
Stoppard was born on 16 September 1974 in London, England, the son of playwright Tom Stoppard and Miriam ...
* Rotem Keinan
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Dvir Benedek
Dvir Benedek ( he, דביר בנדק; born 29 December 1969) is an Israeli actor. He is chairman of the Israeli screen actors union Shaham.
Biography
Dvir Benedek lives in Givatayim with his wife Irit Natan Benedek and their daughter, Yuli, born ...
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Ben Caplan
Ben Caplan is a Canadian folk musician from Halifax, Nova Scotia. He often performs with his band The Casual Smokers, and his first full-length studio album, ''In the Time of the Great Remembering'', was released on October 20, 2011. His second r ...
* Kit Rakusen
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Emma Davies
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Liev Schreiber
Isaac Liev Schreiber (; born October 4, 1967) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and narrator. He became known during the late 1990s and early 2000s after appearing in several independent films, and later mainstream Hollywoo ...
as
Henry Kissinger
Henry Alfred Kissinger (; ; born Heinz Alfred Kissinger, May 27, 1923) is a German-born American politician, diplomat, and geopolitical consultant who served as United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presid ...
Production
In April 2021, it was announced
Helen Mirren
Dame Helen Mirren (born Helen Lydia Mironoff; born 26 July 1945) is an English actor. The recipient of numerous accolades, she is the only performer to have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting in both the United States and the United Kingdom. ...
had joined the cast of the film, with
Guy Nattiv
Guy Nattiv (born May 24, 1973) is an Israeli film director, screenwriter and producer who lives and works in the United States. His film ''Skin'' won an Oscar for best short film at the 91st Academy Awards. As of May 2021, Nattiv and Moshe M ...
set to direct from a screenplay by Nicholas Martin. In November 2021,
Camille Cottin
Camille Cottin (; born 1 December 1978) is a French actress and comedian. Following her debut as a stage actress, she became known in 2013 for playing a capricious Parisian woman in the Canal+ hidden camera-sketches series ''Connasse'' (2013–20 ...
,
Rami Heuberger
Rami Heuberger (Hebrew: רמי הויברגר; born October 12, 1963) is an Israeli director, actor and entertainer.
Biography Career in the theater
After his army service, Heuberger studied acting at Nissan Nativ's acting studio in Tel Aviv. A ...
, Lior Ashkenaz, Ellie Piercy,
Ed Stoppard
Edmund Stoppard (born 16 September 1974) is an English actor. He is the son of playwright Tom Stoppard and doctor Miriam, Lady Hogg.
Life
Stoppard was born on 16 September 1974 in London, England, the son of playwright Tom Stoppard and Miriam ...
, Rotem Keinan,
Dvir Benedek
Dvir Benedek ( he, דביר בנדק; born 29 December 1969) is an Israeli actor. He is chairman of the Israeli screen actors union Shaham.
Biography
Dvir Benedek lives in Givatayim with his wife Irit Natan Benedek and their daughter, Yuli, born ...
,
Dominic Mafham
Dominic Mafham (born 11 March 1968) is an English stage, film and television actor. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Career
Dominic Mafham trained at the National Youth Theatre and then the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Ma ...
,
Ben Caplan
Ben Caplan is a Canadian folk musician from Halifax, Nova Scotia. He often performs with his band The Casual Smokers, and his first full-length studio album, ''In the Time of the Great Remembering'', was released on October 20, 2011. His second r ...
, Kit Rakusen and
Emma Davies joined the cast of the film. In January 2022,
Liev Schrieber
Isaac Liev Schreiber (; born October 4, 1967) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and narrator. He became known during the late 1990s and early 2000s after appearing in several independent films, and later mainstream Hollywoo ...
announced his involvement in the film.
Principal photography
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Personnel
Besides the main film personnel, such as actor ...
began on November 8, 2021 in
London, United Kingdom
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.
As of September, the MPA has rated the film PG-13 for "thematic material and pervasive smoking".
Release
In July 2021,
Bleecker Street
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acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film.
Casting controversy
In January 2022,
Maureen Lipman
Dame Maureen Diane Lipman (born 10 May 1946) is an English actress, writer and comedian. She trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and her stage work has included appearances with the National Theatre and the Royal Shakesp ...
criticized the casting of
Helen Mirren
Dame Helen Mirren (born Helen Lydia Mironoff; born 26 July 1945) is an English actor. The recipient of numerous accolades, she is the only performer to have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting in both the United States and the United Kingdom. ...
in the film, stating: "I’m sure she will be marvellous, but it would never be allowed for Ben Kingsley to play Nelson Mandela. You just couldn’t even go there.” In February 2022, Mirren responded by saying Lipman was "utterly legitimate" to criticize her casting, and she had discussed the decision to cast her in the film with director Guy Nattiv.
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 14454876
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