Person Details

Birthday: 1957-11-17 12:14:12

Aliases: Дани Леви

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Basel, Switzerland

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Movie Involvements: 44

TV Involvements: 11


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Volle Kanne
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4

Volle Kanne

(1999) Self
Deutscher Filmpreis
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6

Deutscher Filmpreis

(1951) Self
Bayerischer Filmpreis
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0

Bayerischer Filmpreis

(1979) Self
Faust
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1

Faust

(1994) Goldmann
Family Practice
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4

Family Practice

(2019) Karl Kaufmann
Sendung ohne Namen
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4

Sendung ohne Namen

(2002) himself
Aimée & Jaguar
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7

Aimée & Jaguar

(1999) Fritz Borchert
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
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7

The People vs. Fritz Bauer

(2015) Chaim Cohn

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2021 Self
2019 Landlord
Karl Kaufmann
2015 Selbst
Moderator
Chaim Cohn
2010 N/A
2009 N/A
himself
(segment "Joshua")
2008 Self
2006 Himself
2004 Self
himself
2003 Self
Dimitri Zamelsky
Self
2002 himself
Self
2001 Matthias
1999 Fleabag Hotel Concierge
Self
Self
Fritz Borchert
Self
1998 David Fish
1997 Self
Self
self
1996 Bernd
Prostitute's Client
1995 self
Zeto
Jost
1994 Neuss
Goldmann
1993 Katz
Simon Rosenthal
1991 Alio
Paul
1989 Robby
1986 Romeo
1984 Peperoni
1979 Self
1951 Self
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Directing

Editing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1993 Editor
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
1991 Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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