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 Levys 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 comedydrama Mein Führer Die wirklich wahrste Wahrheit über Adolf Hitler about a Jewish actor hired to enliven Adolf Hitlers 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 Swissbased 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Dani Levy licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia