Dani Levy
Encyclopedia
Dani Levy in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
) is a film maker, theatrical director and actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
.
Work
Dani Levy's filmFilm
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
s include RobbyKallePaul, I Was on Mars, Meschugge, Du mich auch and Väter. Väter starred Christiane Paul
Christiane Paul
Christiane Paul is a German film, television and stage actress.Paul first worked as a model for magazines such as Bravo. She was 17 when she obtained her first leading role in the film Deutschfieber...
. His most recent film is Alles auf Zucker!, a comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
about a secularised Jew from the former GDR who has to reconcile himself with his Orthodox
Orthodox Judaism
Orthodox Judaism , is the approach to Judaism which adheres to the traditional interpretation and application of the laws and ethics of the Torah as legislated in the Talmudic texts by the Sanhedrin and subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and...
brother. A comedy about Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
starring German comedian Helge Schneider
Helge Schneider
Helge Schneider is a German comedian, jazz musician and multi-instrumentalist, author, film and theatre director, and actor....
titled Mein Führer – Die wirklich wahrste Wahrheit über Adolf Hitler
Mein Führer – Die wirklich wahrste Wahrheit über Adolf Hitler
Mein Führer – Die wirklich wahrste Wahrheit über Adolf Hitler is a 2007 German comedy directed by Dani Levy....
was released in January 2007.
Levy said he was influenced by the theory of Swiss-based psychologist Alice Miller
Alice Miller (psychologist)
Alice Miller née Rostovski was a psychologist and world renowned author, who is noted for her books on child abuse by their own parents, translated in several languages...
, published in 1980, that something must have gone wrong with Hitler in his childhood.
He is one of the founders of the German company X Filme Creative Pool. Levy is Jewish.
Filmography
- 1986 Du mich auch
- 1989 RobbyKallePaul
- 1992 I Was on Mars
- 1993 Ohne mich
- 1995 Stille Nacht
- 1998 Meschugge
- 1999 Das Geheimnis
- 1999 Aimée & JaguarAimée & JaguarAimée & Jaguar is a 1999 German drama film set in Berlin during World War II. It was written and directed by Max Färberböck, based upon Erica Fischer's book, chronicling the actual lives of Lilly Wust and Felice Schragenheim during that time period. The book was based on the work of the American...
- 2001 ReplayReplay (2001 film)Replay is a 2001 French drama film directed by Catherine Corsini. It was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Emmanuelle Béart - Nathalie* Pascale Bussières - Louise* Dani Levy - Matthias * Jean-Pierre Kalfon - Walter Amar...
- 2002 VäterVaterVater Percussion is an American drumstick and percussion accessory manufacturing company. It was founded by Clarence Vater, and is currently run by his two grandsons Alan and Ron Vater. Although the company began producing sticks in 1956, it did not officially become Vater Percussion until much later...
- 2004 Alles auf Zucker!Alles auf Zucker!Alles auf Zucker! is a German comedy film, released internationally in 2004. It can be seen as part of the "Ossi-Wessi" confrontation within Germany. Directed by Dani Levy, the cast includes Henry Hübchen, Hannelore Elsner, Udo Samel, Gołda Tencer and Steffen Groth.Director Dani Levy, himself...
- 2007 Mein Führer – Die wirklich wahrste Wahrheit über Adolf HitlerMein Führer – Die wirklich wahrste Wahrheit über Adolf HitlerMein Führer – Die wirklich wahrste Wahrheit über Adolf Hitler is a 2007 German comedy directed by Dani Levy....
External links
- http://www.x-filme.de/
- http://www.theater-basel.ch/
- on Hitler turns him into a clown