A Woman Called Golda (1982) (TV)

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Director:

Alan Gibson

Writers:

Harold Gast (writer)
Steve Gethers (writer)

Release Date:

26 April 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | History

Plot:

The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s. |

Plot Keywords:

Israel | 1970s | 1960s | Politics | Zionism

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Ingrid Bergman	...	Golda Meir
Ned Beatty	...	Sen. Durward
Franklin Cover	...	Hubert Humphrey
Judy Davis	...	Young Golda
Anne Jackson	...	Lou Kaddar / Narrator
Robert Loggia	...	Anwar Sadat
Leonard Nimoy	...	Morris Meyerson
Jack Thompson	...	Ariel
Bruce Boa	...	Macey
Anthony Bate	...	Sir Stuart Ross
Ron Berglas	...	Stampler
David de Keyser	...	David Ben-Gurion
Barry Foster	...	Wingate
Nigel Hawthorne	...	King Abdullah
Yossi Graber	...	Moshe Dayan

Runtime:

240 min (including commercials) | Brazil:200 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Israel

Company:

Operation Prime Time (OPT)

Trivia:

Ingrid Bergman's daughter, Pia Lindström accepted her Best Leading Actress Emmy for A Woman Called Golda (1982) (TV) posthumously. Bergman died 3 weeks prior to the ceremony, after the ballots were cast.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Biography: Leonard Nimoy: Spock and Beyond" (1996)

Brilliantly Told

"A Woman Called Golda" is an excellent film, brilliantly told by her spokeswoman and Golda herself. It is a long film, being a miniseries, but there isn't one boring moment in the whole film. Ingrid Bergman, I so admired, as far as her acting goes, preferred to work on this film even though she was in a great deal of pain from the cancer that was ravaging her body at the time. I believe the film goes into almost every aspect of Golda's life and tells of everything she did to obtain peace for Palestine. She was always there whenever the people needed her even after her retirement - always raring to go, always ready to work to make peace. Ingrid Bergman was supreme in her role as Golda because, I feel, she was Swedish and she was playing the part of a Russian woman - in fact, she even looked exactly like Golda Meir. Excellent film and Ingrid Bergman won an Emmy for her performance posthumously. Hope you take the time to watch this one. A good family film that anyone can learn from.