The Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive Collection

More Than a Prime Minister

38 Minutes, 1973
Genre:
Documentary

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Production:David Goldstein
Photographer: Yehiel Neeman, Yaakov Saporta
Original Music: Ilan Mochiach
Language: English
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Subtitles: English, Hebrew

his documentary movie was written by Mira Avrech and is based on her book “Paula”. The movie is told from Paula Ben Gurion’s point of view and follows her life at David Ben Gurion’s side in the shadow of historical events that occured during their lifetime. The movie presents meaningful personal events such as their meeting at Sholem cafe in New York, their wedding that was kept secret even from her parents, Paula’s arrival at Jaffa port, Paula’s sickness, and their move to Sde Boker. The movie also shows important historical events including: the world wars and the holocaust, the illegal immigration to Palestine, the U.N partition plan, the Israeli declaration of independence, the independence war and the Lavon affair. Paula is presented as a simple lady who doesn’t always understand her husband’s unusual ideas and at times feels unloved because of the lack of attention from her husband, due to his busy lifestyle. But yet she still shows love and support for him. Paula mentions a book that was given to her by her husband with a dedication to her with a quote from Jeremiah that reflects Ben Gurion’s appreciation of her “To Paula with love, I remember the devotion of your youth, how as a bride you loved me and and followed me through the wilderness, through a land not sown”.

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