יצחק הרבסט

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).

List of moments

Documentary

Six Days to Eternity

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

87 min.

Feature

Eight Against One

Directed by Menahem Golan, 1964
Rental

93 min.

Feature

Blazing Sands

Directed by Raphael Nussbaum, 1960
English subs.

98 min.

Documentary

In The Land Of The Negev

Directed by Yitzhak Herbst, 1975

11 min.

Documentary

Masada

Directed by Yitzhak Herbst, 1969

12 min.

Documentary

Folklore of the Tribes of Israel - Dance

1968

28 min.

Documentary

Israel Holy Place

Directed by Peter Frye, 1968

22 min.

Documentary

Israel Land of the Bible

Directed by Peter Frye, 1966

14 min.

Documentary

Time of the Flocks

Directed by Yitzhak Herbst, 1965

11 min.

Documentary

In the Negev 1963

Directed by Isaac Zepel Yeshurun, 1963

13 min.

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