Dani Levy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 17, 1957 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Basel, Switzerland
- Credits
- 51
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.
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Known for
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
2015Movie
Chaim Cohn
Aimée & Jaguar
1999Movie
Fritz Borchert
The Killer Condom
1996Movie
Prostitute's Client
Replay
2001Movie
Matthias
TV total
1999TV
Self
Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation
2009Movie
(segment "Joshua")
Filmography
Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life
2021Movie
Self
Winter Journey
2019Movie
Landlord
Family Practice
2019Movie
Karl Kaufmann
Abendshow
2017TV
Self
Hotel Bogota - Eine einmalige Geschichte
2015Movie
Self
Simon Says Goodbye to His Foreskin
2015Movie
Moderator
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
2015Movie
Chaim Cohn
Life Is Too Long
2010Movie
Tonspur – Der Soundtrack meines Lebens
2010TV
Self
On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema
2009Movie
Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation
2009Movie
(segment "Joshua")
Paris-Berlin, le débat
2008TV
Self
Krömer - Die internationale Show
2007TV
Self
Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood
2006Movie
Himself
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
2004Movie
Self
Kulturplatz
2004TV
Self
Im Palais
2004TV
Self
Leute am Donnerstag
2004TV
himself
ZIBB
2003TV
Self
Menschen bei Maischberger
2003TV
Self
Silk and Ashes
2003Movie
Dimitri Zamelsky
West.art am Sonntag
2003TV
Self
Sendung ohne Namen
2002TV
himself
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
2002TV
Self
Replay
2001Movie
Matthias
Aeschbacher
2001TV
Self
The Wedding Cow
1999Movie
Fleabag Hotel Concierge
Volle Kanne
1999TV
Self
The Giraffe
1999Movie
David Fish
TV total
1999TV
Self
Aimée & Jaguar
1999Movie
Fritz Borchert
Beckmann
1999TV
Self
Nachtstudio
1997TV
Self
Tietjen und Bommes
1997TV
Self
Im Dialog
1997TV
self
Tempo
1996Movie
Bernd
The Killer Condom
1996Movie
Prostitute's Client
One of My Oldest Friends
1995Movie
Zeto
The Meds
1995Movie
Jost
Burning Life
1994Movie
Neuss
Berlin, 10:46
1994Movie
Kriminalkommissar
Faust
1994TV
Goldmann
Half the World
1993Movie
Katz
Without Me
1993Movie
Simon Rosenthal
I Was on Mars
1991Movie
Alio
Hausmänner
1991Movie
Paul
RobbyKallePaul
1989Movie
Robby
You Love Me Too
1986Movie
Romeo
Motel
1984TV
Peperoni
Bavarian Film Awards
1979TV
Self
German Film Award
1951TV
Self