Dani Levy
- Acting
- November 17, 1957 · Basel, Switzerland
Biography
Dani Levy (born 17 November 1957) is a Swiss filmmaker, theatrical director, screenwriter and actor. Levy was born to a Jewish family in Switzerland in 1957. His mother was a Holocaust survivor. He moved to Berlin in the 1980s. Levy's films include 'RobbyKallePaul', 'I Was on Mars', 'Meschugge', 'Du mich auch' and 'Väter'. 'Väter' starred Christiane Paul. In 2004, he directed 'Alles auf Zucker!', a comedy about a secularised Jew from the former GDR who has to reconcile himself with his Orthodox brother. In 2007, he directed the comedy-drama 'Mein Führer – Die wirklich wahrste Wahrheit über Adolf Hitler', about a Jewish actor hired to enliven Adolf Hitler's speeches during the final days of World War II, starring German comedian Helge Schneider. It was entered into the 29th Moscow International Film Festival. Levy said he was influenced by the theory of Swiss-based psychologist Alice Miller, published in 1980, that something must have gone wrong with Hitler in his childhood. His 1995 film 'Stille Nacht' won an Honourable Mention at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival. He is one of the founders of the German company X Filme Creative Pool. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dani Levy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Kochschule Schwarz · Director, Writer
- The Sheikh · Director, Writer
- Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life · Self
- The Kangaroo Chronicles · Director
- Berlin, I Love You · Director, Writer
- Winter Journey · Landlord
- Family Practice · Karl Kaufmann
- Abendshow · Self
- Wunderlich's World · Director, Screenplay
- Hotel Bogota - Eine einmalige Geschichte · Self
- Simon Says Goodbye to His Foreskin · Moderator
- The People vs. Fritz Bauer · Chaim Cohn
- Der Liebling des Himmels · Director, Screenplay
- Life Is Too Long · Director
- Tonspur – Der Soundtrack meines Lebens · Self
- On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema
- Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation · (segment "Joshua"), Director
- Paris-Berlin, le débat · Self
- Krömer - Die internationale Show · Self
- My Führer · Author, Director
- Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood · Self
- Go for Zucker · Director, Screenplay
- In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema · Self
- Kulturplatz · Self
- Im Palais · Self
- Leute am Donnerstag · Self
- ZIBB · Self
- Menschen bei Maischberger · Self
- Silk and Ashes · Dimitri Zamelsky
- West.art am Sonntag · Self
- Sendung ohne Namen · Self
- I'm The Father · Director
- Gero von Boehm begegnet... · Self
- Replay · Matthias
- Aeschbacher · Self
- The Wedding Cow · Fleabag Hotel Concierge
- Volle Kanne · Self
- The Giraffe · David Fish, Director
- TV total · Self
- Aimée & Jaguar · Fritz Borchert
- Beckmann · Self
- Nachtstudio · Self
- Tietjen und Bommes · Self
- Im Dialog · Self
- Tempo · Bernd
- Killer Condom · Prostitute's Client
- Silent Night · Director, Writer
- One of My Oldest Friends · Zeto
- The Meds · Jost
- Burning Life · Neuss
- Berlin, 10:46 · Kriminalkommissar
- Faust · Goldmann
- Half the World · Katz
- Without Me · Simon Rosenthal, Editing
- Neues Deutschland · Director
- I Was on Mars · Alio, Director
- Hausmänner · Paul
- RobbyKallePaul · Robby, Director
- You Love Me Too · Romeo, Director
- Motel · Peperoni
- Bavarian Film Awards · Self
- Scene of the Crime · Director, Writer
- German Film Award · Self
- Le Long Chemin du Paradis · Director