Dame Helen Mirren compares Golda Meir to Queen Elizabeth I

Dame Helen Mirren discovered playing Golda Meir comparable to representing Queen Elizabeth I.

The Oscar-winning starlet stars as the previous Israeli Prime Minister in ‘Golda’ and compared the political leader’s “maternal” impulse to that of the Tudor queen, who she played in the 2005 television miniseries ‘Elizabeth I’.

Helen, 77, informed The Hollywood Reporter at the Berlin International Film Festival best of the biopic on Monday (200223): “( Golda) was extremely brave and her dedication to Israel was overall.

“It was a bit like playing Elizabeth the very first of England, in the sense (of) her dedication to her nation and to her country. She accomplished it without being the sort of power mad totalitarian character.

“She was extremely maternal. She had that terrific domestic side to her. She was happiest when she was on the kibbutz taking care of the chickens, however life took her on a various course.”

The film is set throughout the 1973 Yom Kippur War and sees Meir– who had actually been identified with cancer – leading Israel after the nation is rocked by a surprise twin attack by Arab powers Syria and Egypt on the early morning of the Jewish vacation Yom Kippur.

Israel had actually dealt with total military defeat by Meir’s reliable war management assisted the nation to protect a surprise success that altered the face of the Middle East and director Guy Nattiv took motivation from the timeless movie ‘Das Boot’.

He stated: “In the sense that she remains in the trenches, she remains in one area and can not leave, she’s extremely alone in the chaos of the war.

“This is an extremely difficult and difficult take a look at the war and every soldier that passes away. For me it was going in with my eyes open. Golda is not a very clear character in this film. She had her faults, she made errors and she took duty, which leaders are refraining from doing today.”