Dani Levy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 17, 1957, Basel, Switzerland
- Movies
- 45
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.
Upcoming Dani Levy Movies
Kochschule Schwarz
2026
December 24, 2026
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2021 | Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life | Self |
| 2019 | Winter Journey | Landlord |
| 2019 | Family Practice | Karl Kaufmann |
| 2015 | Hotel Bogota - Eine einmalige Geschichte | Self |
| 2015 | Simon Says Goodbye to His Foreskin | Moderator |
| 2015 | The People vs. Fritz Bauer | Chaim Cohn |
| 2010 | Life Is Too Long | |
| 2009 | On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema | |
| 2009 | Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation | (segment "Joshua") |
| 2006 | Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood | Himself |
| 2004 | In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema | Self |
| 2003 | Silk and Ashes | Dimitri Zamelsky |
| 2001 | Replay | Matthias |
| 1999 | The Wedding Cow | Fleabag Hotel Concierge |
| 1999 | The Giraffe | David Fish |
| 1999 | Aimée & Jaguar | Fritz Borchert |
| 1996 | Tempo | Bernd |
| 1996 | The Killer Condom | Prostitute's Client |
| 1995 | One of My Oldest Friends | Zeto |
| 1995 | The Meds | Jost |
| 1994 | Burning Life | Neuss |
| 1994 | Berlin, 10:46 | Kriminalkommissar |
| 1993 | Half the World | Katz |
| 1993 | Without Me | Simon Rosenthal |
| 1991 | I Was on Mars | Alio |
| 1991 | Hausmänner | Paul |
| 1989 | RobbyKallePaul | Robby |
| 1986 | You Love Me Too | Romeo |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2026 | Kochschule Schwarz | Director, Writer |
| 2020 | The Kangaroo Chronicles | Director |
| 2019 | Berlin, I Love You | Director, Writer |
| 2016 | Wunderlich's World | Screenplay, Director |
| 2015 | Der Liebling des Himmels | Director, Screenplay |
| 2010 | Life Is Too Long | Director |
| 2009 | Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation | Director |
| 2007 | My Führer | Director |
| 2004 | Go for Zucker | Screenplay, Director |
| 2002 | I'm The Father | Director |
| 1999 | The Giraffe | Director, Writer |
| 1995 | Silent Night | Director, Writer |
| 1993 | Without Me | Writer, Director |
| 1993 | Neues Deutschland | Director |
| 1991 | I Was on Mars | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1989 | RobbyKallePaul | Director |
| 1986 | You Love Me Too | Director, Writer |
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