Dani Levy

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 Wikip…

Movies & TV Shows

1. The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015) — Chaim Cohn
2. Aimée & Jaguar (1999) — Fritz Borchert
3. The Killer Condom (1996) — Prostitute's Client
4. Replay (2001) — Matthias
5. TV total (1999) — Self
6. Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation (2009) — (segment "Joshua")
7. Half the World (1993) — Katz
8. Family Practice (2019) — Karl Kaufmann
9. The Giraffe (1999) — David Fish
10. Simon Says Goodbye to His Foreskin (2015) — Moderator
11. Volle Kanne (1999) — Self
12. RobbyKallePaul (1989) — Robby
13. Tempo (1996) — Bernd
14. Krömer - Die internationale Show (2007) — Self
15. Burning Life (1994) — Neuss
16. You Love Me Too (1986) — Romeo
17. Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood (2006) — Himself
18. I Was on Mars (1991) — Alio
19. Life Is Too Long (2010)
20. Menschen bei Maischberger (2003) — Self
21. The Meds (1995) — Jost
22. One of My Oldest Friends (1995) — Zeto
23. Silk and Ashes (2003) — Dimitri Zamelsky
24. Beckmann (1999) — Self
25. Kulturzeit (1995) — self
26. Winter Journey (2019) — Landlord
27. Faust (1994) — Goldmann
28. Sendung ohne Namen (2002) — himself
29. Without Me (1993) — Simon Rosenthal
30. Hausmänner (1991) — Paul
31. The Wedding Cow (1999) — Fleabag Hotel Concierge
32. German Film Award (1951) — Self
33. Tietjen und Bommes (1997) — Self
34. Leute am Donnerstag (2004) — himself
35. Kulturplatz (2004) — Self
36. Motel (1984) — Peperoni
37. ZIBB (2003) — Self
38. Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life (2021) — Self
39. Hotel Bogota - Eine einmalige Geschichte (2015) — Self
40. On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema (2009)

Directed

1. The Kangaroo Chronicles (2020) — Director
2. Scene of the Crime (1970) — Director
3. My Führer (2007) — Director
4. Berlin, I Love You (2019) — Director
5. Go for Zucker (2004) — Director
6. Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation (2009) — Director
7. Wunderlich's World (2016) — Director
8. Silent Night (1995) — Director
9. The Giraffe (1999) — Director
10. The Sheikh (2022) — Director
11. RobbyKallePaul (1989) — Director
12. You Love Me Too (1986) — Director
13. Life Is Too Long (2010) — Director
14. I'm The Father (2002) — Director
15. I Was on Mars (1991) — Director
16. Der Liebling des Himmels (2015) — Director
17. Without Me (1993) — Director
18. Neues Deutschland (1993) — Director
19. Le Long Chemin du Paradis — Director
20. Kochschule Schwarz (2026) — Director