Acting

Arik Einstein

Born January 3, 1939 · Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine [now Israel]

Died November 26, 2013 · aged 74

Arieh Einstein was born in Tel Aviv. His father, Yaakov, was an actor with the "Ohel" Theater. Einstein was Israel's junior high jump and shot put champion. His father urged him to audition for an army entertainment troupe, and he was accepted into the Nahal Brigade troupe. In 1963, Arieh Einstein married Alona Shochat in the hall of Habima Theater (where he was onstage in a production of Irma La…

Known For

Wedding in Jerusalem

Wedding in Jerusalem · 1985

Wedding in Jerusalem

MovieDocumentary

Renan Schorr documented the wedding of Uri Zohar's son to Arik Einstein's daughter.

Peeping Toms

Peeping Toms · 1972

MovieComedyDrama

Gote and Eli are two aging friends who don't want to age. Gote is a lifeguard who's fighting peepers on the Tel-Aviv beach. Eli is a guitar player who dreams of building a night club in altman's restaurant.

Cables

A comedy about changes in the life of Israeli family after they get a cable TV with a lot of channels.

Dreamboat

A group of children embrace an eccentric old man, and working together, build a ship on a rooftop.

Nini

MovieRomanceDrama

A love story between two people of different religions.

Lool

MovieComedyMusic

A collection of skits and songs from Israeli television shows from the 1970s.

Sallah

MovieComedyDrama

Sallah Shabati, the patriarch of a big family recently arrived to Israel from Yemen, tries to make money and get better housing, in a country that can barely provide for its own and is in the midst of absorbing hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees from Arab countries.

Big Eyes

Big Eyes · 1974

MovieComedyDrama

Benny Furman is a basketball headcoach who can't decide what he really wants.

Filmography

Sort

Wedding in Jerusalem

Wedding in Jerusalem · 1985

Wedding in Jerusalem

MovieDocumentary

Renan Schorr documented the wedding of Uri Zohar's son to Arik Einstein's daughter.

Peeping Toms

Peeping Toms · 1972

MovieComedyDrama

Gote and Eli are two aging friends who don't want to age. Gote is a lifeguard who's fighting peepers on the Tel-Aviv beach. Eli is a guitar player who dreams of building a night club in altman's restaurant.

Writer

Cables

A comedy about changes in the life of Israeli family after they get a cable TV with a lot of channels.

Writer

Dreamboat

A group of children embrace an eccentric old man, and working together, build a ship on a rooftop.

Nini

MovieRomanceDrama

A love story between two people of different religions.

Hanan

Lool

MovieComedyMusic

A collection of skits and songs from Israeli television shows from the 1970s.

Writer

Sallah

MovieComedyDrama

Sallah Shabati, the patriarch of a big family recently arrived to Israel from Yemen, tries to make money and get better housing, in a country that can barely provide for its own and is in the midst of absorbing hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees from Arab countries.

Ziggi

Big Eyes

Big Eyes · 1974

MovieComedyDrama

Benny Furman is a basketball headcoach who can't decide what he really wants.

Yossi

Dalia and the Sailors

Dalia and the Sailors · 1964

Dalia and the Sailors

MovieComedyDrama

Daliah sneaks into a cargo ship bound to Israel. The sailors will do anything to hide from the though captain her and catch her attention.

'Gurnischt' Goren

Like Adults

Like Adults · 1991

MovieFamilyMusic

"Kemo gedolim" is a collection of well known Israeli, children songs sang by Ariḳ Ainshṭain and others. In between the songs embedded short skits starring Moni Moshonov and Tsevi Shisel , who embody two porters hauling a giant crate up a winding staircase and unexpectedly run into Ariḳ, a group of kids, jugglers, clowns and storytellers emerging from the crate. The two, try to do their job faithfully but occasionally they also try to sing, dance and play, which creates a variety of funny moments.

Writer

Lool