- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 17, 1957
- Place of Birth
- Basel, Switzerland
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 M…
Filmography
Kochschule Schwarz
movieKochschule Schwarz
2026 · Director, Writer
tvThe Sheikh
2022 · Story, Director, Writer
movieHannelore Elsner: More Than One Life
2021 · Self
movieThe Kangaroo Chronicles
2020 · Director
movieBerlin, I Love You
2019 · Director, Writer
movieWinter Journey
2019 · Landlord
movieFamily Practice
2019 · Karl Kaufmann
Abendshow
tvAbendshow
2017 · Self
movieWunderlich's World
2016 · Screenplay, Director
Hotel Bogota - Eine einmalige Geschichte
movieHotel Bogota - Eine einmalige Geschichte
2015 · Self
movieSimon Says Goodbye to His Foreskin
2015 · Moderator
movieThe People vs. Fritz Bauer
2015 · Chaim Cohn
movieDer Liebling des Himmels
2015 · Director, Screenplay
movieLife Is Too Long
2010 · , Director
tvTonspur – Der Soundtrack meines Lebens
2010 · Self
movieOn the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema
2009
movieGermany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation
2009 · (segment "Joshua"), Director
Paris-Berlin, le débat
tvParis-Berlin, le débat
2008 · Self
tvKrömer - Die internationale Show
2007 · Self
movieMy Führer
2007 · Director, Author
movieErnst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood
2006 · Himself
movieGo for Zucker
2004 · Screenplay, Director
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
movieIn Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
2004 · Self
tvKulturplatz
2004 · Self
Im Palais
tvIm Palais
2004 · Self
Leute am Donnerstag
tvLeute am Donnerstag
2004 · himself
ZIBB
tvZIBB
2003 · Self
Menschen bei Maischberger
tvMenschen bei Maischberger
2003 · Self
movieSilk and Ashes
2003 · Dimitri Zamelsky
West.art am Sonntag
tvWest.art am Sonntag
2003 · Self
tvSendung ohne Namen
2002 · himself
movieI'm The Father
2002 · Director
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
tvGero von Boehm begegnet...
2002 · Self
movieReplay
2001 · Matthias
Aeschbacher
tvAeschbacher
2001 · Self
movieThe Wedding Cow
1999 · Fleabag Hotel Concierge
Volle Kanne
tvVolle Kanne
1999 · Self
movieThe Giraffe
1999 · David Fish, Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Editor
tvTV total
1999 · Self
movieAimée & Jaguar
1999 · Fritz Borchert
tvBeckmann
1999 · Self
Nachtstudio
tvNachtstudio
1997 · Self
Tietjen und Bommes
tvTietjen und Bommes
1997 · Self
Im Dialog
tvIm Dialog
1997 · self
movieTempo
1996 · Bernd
movieThe Killer Condom
1996 · Prostitute's Client
tvKulturzeit
1995 · self
movieSilent Night
1995 · Director, Writer
movieOne of My Oldest Friends
1995 · Zeto
movieThe Meds
1995 · Jost
movieBurning Life
1994 · Neuss
movieBerlin, 10:46
1994 · Kriminalkommissar
Faust
tvFaust
1994 · Goldmann
movieHalf the World
1993 · Katz
Without Me
movieWithout Me
1993 · Simon Rosenthal, Editor, Writer, Director
movieNeues Deutschland
1993 · Director
movieI Was on Mars
1991 · Alio, Director, Producer, Writer
Hausmänner
movieHausmänner
1991 · Paul
RobbyKallePaul
movieRobbyKallePaul
1989 · Robby, Director
movieYou Love Me Too
1986 · Romeo, Director, Writer
tvMotel
1984 · Peperoni
Bavarian Film Awards
tvBavarian Film Awards
1979 · Self
tvScene of the Crime
1970 · Director, Writer
German Film Award
tvGerman Film Award
1951 · Self
Le Long Chemin du Paradis
movieLe Long Chemin du Paradis
— · Director