GOLDA’S BALCONY, THE FILM

The rise of Golda Meir from Russian schoolgirl to American schoolteacher to a leader of international politics as the fourth Prime Minister of Israel is one of the most thrilling and amazing stories of the 20th century. Much of the focus of this stage play written by William Gibson is on the period surrounding the 1973 Yom Kippur War when Israel was attacked by Egypt and Syria. A rare, multi-camera shoot from the play’s original run was recently unearthed and assembled into a riveting motion picture. Tovah Feldshuh recreates 100 years of Jewish history playing 45 different characters (including Ben- Gurion, Moshe Dayan, Holocaust survivors, Israeli soldiers and, of course, GOLDA MEIR herself), in one of the greatest acting performances of the last 50 years—now captured on film for all time, in this brand new motion picture.