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Dani Levy

Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Additional CreditsBorn November 17, 1957 (68 years)
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

  • My Führer
  • Berlin, I Love You
  • Go for Zucker
  • Silent Night
  • Die Känguru-Chroniken
  • Replay
  • Life Is Too Long
  • Wunderlich's World
  • I'm the Father
  • I Was on Mars
  • Family Practice
  • The Sheikh
  • RobbyKallePaul
  • Halbe Welt
  • Der Liebling des Himmels
  • Germany 09: 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation
  • The Meds
  • Tempo
  • Winter Journey
  • Tatort
  • Burning Life

Dani Levy Filmography

2025
2025
2019
Winter Journey · as Landlord
2018
Family Practice · as Karl Kaufmann
2015
2015
2010
2009
2009
2004
Go for Zucker · as Pool-Spieler
2001
Replay · as Matthias
1999
Die Hochzeitskuh · as Fleabag Hotel Concierge
1999
Aimee & Jaguar · as Fritz Borchert
1998
The Giraffe · as David Fish
1996
Tempo · as Bernd
1996
Killer Condom · as Prostitute's Client
1995
The Meds · as Jost
1994
Burning Life · as Neuss
1994
Faust (TV Series) · as Goldmann
1993
Halbe Welt · as Katz
1991
I Was on Mars · as Alio
1989
RobbyKallePaul · as Robby
1986
You Love Me Too · as Romeo

2018
2015
2007
Krömer - Die internationale Show (TV Series) · as Self
2006
2004
Kulturplatz (TV Series) · as Self
2003
Unsere Besten (TV Series) · as Self - Commentary
2003
Menschen bei Maischberger (TV Series) · as Self
2002
Sendung ohne Namen (TV Series) · as Himself
1999
Volle Kanne (TV Series) · as Self
1999
TV Total (TV Series) · as Self
1999
Beckmann (TV Series) · as Self
1995
Kulturzeit (TV Series) · as Self
1990
Literaturclub (TV Series) · as Self

1998
The Giraffe · as Executive Producer
1996
1991
1989
RobbyKallePaul · as Co-Producer

2019
Paul Auster: What If · as Cinematographer
2007
My Führer · as Author

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