Dani Levy

Dani Levy

Born: November 17, 1957
in Basel, Switzerland
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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Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life
Title: Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life
Character: Self
Released: April 25, 2021
Type: Movie
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Winter Journey
Title: Winter Journey
Character: Landlord
Released: November 23, 2019
Type: Movie
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 Jewish musicians and the strange history of the Jüdischer Kulturbund, a Jewish organization sponsored by Reichsminister Joseph Goebbels.
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Family Practice
Title: Family Practice
Character: Karl Kaufmann
Released: March 14, 2019
Type: Movie
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’s mistress and gets disastrously tangled up in the sticky family network.
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Hotel Bogota - Eine einmalige Geschichte
Title: Hotel Bogota - Eine einmalige Geschichte
Character: Self
Released: December 15, 2015
Type: Movie
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Simon Says Goodbye to His Foreskin
Title: Simon Says Goodbye to His Foreskin
Character: Moderator
Released: October 10, 2015
Type: Movie
Simon Grünberg (12) never cared for his Jewish heritage, while his divorced parents bicker whether he should to his bar mithzva as father Frank wants, or save his foreskin as mother Hannah holds. When he falls in love at first sight of the new 'rabbi' Rebecca, Ben decides to join the preparatory religious class hoping to win her.
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The People vs. Fritz Bauer
Title: The People vs. Fritz Bauer
Character: Chaim Cohn
Released: September 13, 2015
Type: Movie
It is the late 1950s. Flourishing under the economic miracle, Germany grows increasingly apathetic about confronting the horrors of its recent past. Nevertheless, Fritz Bauer doggedly devotes his energies to bringing the Third Reich to justice. One day Bauer receives a letter from Argentina, written by a man who is certain that his daughter is dating the son of Adolph Eichmann. Excited by the promising lead, and mistrustful of a corrupt judiciary system where Nazis still lurk, Bauer journeys to Jerusalem to seek alliance with Mossad, the Israeli secret service. To do so is treason — yet committing treason is the only way Bauer can serve his country.
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Life Is Too Long
Title: Life Is Too Long
Released: August 26, 2010
Type: Movie
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On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema
Title: On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema
Released: October 28, 2009
Type: Movie
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 Sobolla’s documentary.
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Title: Tietjen und Hirschhausen
Character: Self
Released: September 25, 2009
Type: TV
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Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation
Title: Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation
Character: (segment "Joshua")
Released: February 13, 2009
Type: Movie
Thirteen German directors present short films exploring the state of their country.
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Title: Paris-Berlin, le débat
Character: Self
Released: January 10, 2008
Type: TV
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Title: Krömer - Die internationale Show
Character: Self
Released: August 27, 2007
Type: TV
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Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood
Title: Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood
Character: Himself
Released: September 22, 2006
Type: Movie
Featuring interviews with daughter Nicola Lubitsch, film historians Enno Patalas and Jan-Christopher Horak and filmmaker Tom Tykwer (among others), Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin documents the life of the legendary filmmaker from his birth in 1892 to his departure for Hollywood in 1923. The documentary is sprinkled with excerpts from Lubitsch's rarely-seen early work (both as actor and director) and offers fascinating insights into the German film industry in the silent era.
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Title: Im Palais
Character: Self
Released: May 4, 2004
Type: TV
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Title: Leute am Donnerstag
Character: himself
Released: March 4, 2004
Type: TV
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Title: Menschen bei Maischberger
Character: Self
Released: September 2, 2003
Type: TV
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Silk and Ashes
Title: Silk and Ashes
Character: Dimitri Zamelsky
Released: June 6, 2003
Type: Movie
The tender and supporting relationship between a young woman and her gay husband, in WW2.
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Title: West.art am Sonntag
Character: Self
Released: February 23, 2003
Type: TV
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Title: Sendung ohne Namen
Character: himself
Released: October 17, 2002
Type: TV
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Title: Gero von Boehm begegnet...
Character: Self
Released: April 9, 2002
Type: TV
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Replay
Title: Replay
Character: Matthias
Released: August 22, 2001
Type: Movie
Nathalie and Louise are friends from childhood. While studying drama at University Louise becomes hopelessly obsessed with her friend. Jealous of the male friends she has she breaks up the friendship, followed by a suicide attempt. Later, Louise marries, but finds time to see the, by now quite accomplished actress, Nathalie. They fight through the years, La Repetition following them as their friendship comes together and breaks up frequently, while never actually reaching anything that can be called a climax.
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The Wedding Cow
Title: The Wedding Cow
Character: Fleabag Hotel Concierge
Released: November 21, 1999
Type: Movie
Comedy - Flora (Isabella Parkinson) the librarian is hitchhiking to a job in a faraway town. Simplehearted plumber Tim (Oliver Reinhard) is headed to the Black Forest, a cow for his nuptials in tow. But when their paths intersect, the cow isn't the only one who loses its bearings. In this quixotic road movie, Flora is an endearing handful -- misplacing the cow, then adding a runaway to Tim's cargo load -- and soon Tim's wedding plans are fading from view. - Isabella Parkinson, Oliver Reinhard, Hannah
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Title: Volle Kanne
Character: Self
Released: August 30, 1999
Type: TV
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Title: TV Total
Character: Self
Released: March 8, 1999
Type: TV
TV total is a German late-night television comedy talk show. The set of TV total includes a floating interview stage that can be moved from one studio corner to the other. The show featured buttons with sounds and clips before Craig Ferguson's The Late Late Show.
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Aimée & Jaguar
Title: Aimée & Jaguar
Character: Fritz Borchert
Released: February 11, 1999
Type: Movie
In 1943, while the Allies are bombing Berlin and the Gestapo is purging the capital of Jews, a dangerous love affair blossoms between two women – one a Jewish member of the underground, the other an exemplar of Nazi motherhood.
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Title: Beckmann
Character: Self
Released: January 25, 1999
Type: TV
Reinhold Beckmann hosts a weekly talk show.
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The Giraffe
Title: The Giraffe
Character: David Fish
Released: September 14, 1998
Type: Movie
Lena Katz, who is German, and David Fish, who is American, are Jews who live in New York. When Lena's mother, who arrives from Germany, meets her at a hotel, she finds an almost-dead woman lying on the hotel floor. She accompanies the injured woman to the hospital and meets David, who is the woman's son. After David's mother dies from the injuries, a question remains: was she murdered? The trail leads to Germany. Apparently, Lena's mother has some kind of relationship with David's mother that reaches back into the dark German history of the 1940s
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Title: Nachtstudio
Character: Self
Released: September 3, 1997
Type: TV
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Title: Herman & Tietjen
Character: Self
Released: February 23, 1997
Type: TV
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Title: Im Dialog
Character: self
Released: January 17, 1997
Type: TV
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Tempo
Title: Tempo
Character: Bernd
Released: September 6, 1996
Type: Movie
Jojo, a bicycle messenger prone to daydreaming, gets a job offer from a stranger that begins to blur the lines between fantasy and reality. When the route becomes a regular assignment, Jojo finds romance and deadly enemies along the way.
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Killer Condom
Title: Killer Condom
Character: Prostitute's Client
Released: August 29, 1996
Type: Movie
In New York City, detective Luigi Mackeroni investigates a string of mysterious penile mutilations at the Hotel Quickie. After Mackeroni attempts to have a tryst with a gigolo he meets in the lobby, a carniverous condom bites off his right testicle and flees, which sets the detective off on a quest to stop the predatory prophylactic once and for all.
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Title: Kulturzeit
Character: self
Released: October 2, 1995
Type: TV
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One of My Oldest Friends
Title: One of My Oldest Friends
Character: Zeto
Released: June 14, 1995
Type: Movie
A comedy directed by Rainer Kaufmann.
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The Meds
Title: The Meds
Character: Jost
Released: June 8, 1995
Type: Movie
A tragi-comedy telling the story of the adventures of Robin, Anna, Jost and Leo - the meds - who want to be anything but healthy, happy and mediocre. They all live in a large city in West-Germany and are "Westies" to the core. Precocious, disillusioned, morally eroded, politically bored and sexually sated. Always on the run from the next compromise, they are big kids caught up in their mid-twenties crisis. One day in the midst of all this depression the suspicion arises that one of them is in fact a closet "Eastie", a liar and betrayer, an undercover agent, a neo-Nazi or at least a Stalinist...
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Burning Life
Title: Burning Life
Character: Neuss
Released: November 17, 1994
Type: Movie
Anna and Lisa, two young women, meet by chance in the vestibule of a bank, and decide after that to go on together leaving a successful trail of bank-robberies through Germany.
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Title: Faust
Character: Goldmann
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: TV
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Half the World
Title: Half the World
Character: Katz
Released: November 3, 1993
Type: Movie
The sun blazes down from the sky with destructive power; exposing oneself to its light means death. People have transposed everyday existence to the night. In the metropolis of HALF WORLD a culture based on various languages and lifeforms has grown rampant. Everyone is looking for a way to survive.
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Without Me
Title: Without Me
Character: Simon Rosenthal
Released: August 10, 1993
Type: Movie
An aspiring documentary filmmaker named Simon Rosenthal tries to get some attention for his film about skinheads versus Turkish immigrants. However, as a Jewish man in today's Germany, his fears for the future prompt him to move to the moon.
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I Was on Mars
Title: I Was on Mars
Character: Alio
Released: October 1, 1991
Type: Movie
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 long until the charming swindler Avi steals all her money - but she doesn't give up: She hunts him down, follows him around, demanding her money back.
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Hausmänner
Title: Hausmänner
Character: Paul
Released: June 19, 1991
Type: Movie
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RobbyKallePaul
Title: RobbyKallePaul
Character: Robby
Released: March 23, 1989
Type: Movie
After a quarrel Henry leaves the apartment. New fellow-lodger of Robby and Kalle becomes Paul. The three guys couldn't be more different, but nevertheless all of them have the same problem: women. When the mysterious Malu appears, each of them wonders if she may be their dream-woman.
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You Love Me Too
Title: You Love Me Too
Character: Romeo
Released: October 2, 1986
Type: Movie
Julia and Romeo are two disenchanted lovers who want to break up but are unwilling to suffer the pain. After a nasty fight, Romeo storms off and unsuccessfully vents his frustration with a black prostitute. While visiting the ramshackle brothel, he sees a strange man, who may be a government official, handing over a huge wad of money. Later, he and Julia reunite and go to an upscale golden anniversary party. There a handsome American flirts with Julia. After yet another row, Romeo and Julia retire to the balcony for a love scene. Unfortunately, their making up is interrupted by a sudden power outage. When the lights go back on, Romeo finds the knifed corpse of the party's hostess at his feet. Naturally, he's accused of the crime, but before the other partygoers can get him, he and Julia flee into the Berlin summer night. Their strange series ensuing adventures comprise the rest of the film.
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Title: Motel
Character: Peperoni
Released: January 8, 1984
Type: TV
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Title: Bayerischer Filmpreis
Character: Self
Released: December 1, 1979
Type: TV
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Title: Deutscher Filmpreis
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1951
Type: TV