Dani Levy
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 | Acting |
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Most Rating | 4.238 |
Birthday | 1957-11-17 |
Place of Birth | Basel, Switzerland |
Also Known As | Дани Леви, |
2001
Replay
5.076/33
Nathalie and Louise are friends from childhood. While studying drama at University Louise becomes hopelessly obsessed with her friend. Jealous of the...
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1998
The Giraffe
5.4/5
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The Giraffe
2021
Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life
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Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life
1991
I Was on Mars
7.3/3
Silva fulfills herself a dream: from Poland she flies to USA. With only a few hundred dollars she arrives in New York, incapable of the language. Not...
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I Was on Mars
1994
Burning Life
5.8/4
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Burning Life
1993
Without Me
0/0
An aspiring documentary filmmaker named Simon Rosenthal tries to get some attention for his film about skinheads versus Turkish immigrants. However, a...
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Without Me
1999
Aimée & Jaguar
6.8/104
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Aimée & Jaguar
1993
Half the World
3.75/10
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Half the World
1991
Hausmänner
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Hausmänner
1995
The Meds
2/1
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The Meds
1999
The Wedding Cow
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Comedy - Flora (Isabella Parkinson) the librarian is hitchhiking to a job in a faraway town. Simplehearted plumber Tim (Oliver Reinhard) is headed to...
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The Wedding Cow
2009
Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation
5.7/13
Thirteen German directors present short films exploring the state of their country.
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Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation
1995
One of My Oldest Friends
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One of My Oldest Friends
1989
RobbyKallePaul
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You Love Me Too
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2015
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
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1996
Tempo
5.6/5
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Tempo
2015
Hotel Bogota - Eine einmalige Geschichte
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Hotel Bogota - Eine einmalige Geschichte
2003
Silk and Ashes
2/1
The tender and supporting relationship between a young woman and her gay husband, in WW2.
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Silk and Ashes
2015
Simon Says Goodbye to His Foreskin
7.1/7
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Simon Says Goodbye to His Foreskin
2006
Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood
8/5
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Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood
2010
Life Is Too Long
5/3
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Life Is Too Long
1996
The Killer Condom
5.3/84
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The Killer Condom
2009
On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema
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You say you’re interested in film and you’ve never been to the Moviemento? You are hereby put on cineastic probation – at least until you watch Bernd...
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On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema
2019
Family Practice
3.8/6
Simon has a love-hate relationship with his father. When his parents go on holiday, Simon initiates a seductive game of cat-and-mouse with his father’...
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2019
Winter Journey
8/2
Tucson, Arizona, September 1996. At the request of his son Martin, George Goldsmith tells him of his past in Nazi Germany as a member of a family of J...
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