Yitzhak (Mimish) Herbst (1916-1978)
Yitzhak (Mimish) Herbst was a Slovakian-born Israeli cinematographer. During World War II, he became involved in Hungary’s Zionist Youth underground movement. Herbst was subsequently arrested and tortured, and following his release, he immediately resumed his underground activities. In 1949, he immigrated to Israel where he embarked on a cinematography career. Herbst shot scores of documentaries and foreign policy PR films (aka ‘hasbara’), including some of Israeli cinema’s greatest 1960s motion pictures.
In 1967, he teamed up with Ya’ackov Hame’iri to direct the critically acclaimed documentary, Six Days Forever. Highlights of his cinematography credits include Brennender Sand (Raphael Nussbaum, 1960), Eight in the Footsteps of One (Menahem Golan, 1964), Trunk to Cairo (Menahem Golan, 1965), and Seduced in Sodom (aka Fortuna) (Menahem Golan, 1966).

Documentary

Six Days to Eternity

Directed by Yaackov Hameiri, Yitzhak Herbst, 1967
שישה ימים לנצח
Rental English subs.

87 min.

Feature

Fortuna

Directed by Menahem Golan, 1966
פורטונה
Rental

106 min.

Feature

Eight Against One

Directed by Menahem Golan, 1964
שמונה בעקבות אחד
Rental

93 min.

Feature

Blazing Sands

Directed by Raphael Nussbaum, 1960
חולות לוהטים
English subs.

98 min.

Documentary

Joint Project - Ten Years of Assistance

Directed by Alfred Steinhardt
יוסום - עשר שנות סיוע

30 min.

Documentary

Time of the Flocks

Directed by Yitzhak Herbst
עת עדרים

11 min.

Documentary

In The Land Of The Negev

Directed by Yitzhak Herbst
בארץ הנגב

11 min.

Documentary

To the Sea

Directed by Silik Sternfeld
אל הים

13 min.

Documentary

Paths of the Homeland: Caesarea

Directed by Arie Lahola
שבילי מולדת: קיסריה

5 min.

Documentary

Life from the Dead Sea

Directed by Zeev Havatzelet
חיים מים המוות

13 min.

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