Dani Levy
Nacimiento : 1957-11-17, Basel, Switzerland
Historia
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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Self
Director
Un canguro comunista se muda con un artista en Berlín.
Landlord
Tucson, Arizona, septiembre de 1996. A petición de su hijo Martin, George Goldsmith recuerda su pasado en la Alemania nazi como miembro de una familia de músicos judíos y la extraña historia de la Jüdischer Kulturbund, una organización judía patrocinada por el ministro del Reich Joseph Goebbels.
Karl Kaufmann
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.
Writer
Conjunto de cortometrajes de reconocidos directores y actores. Siguiendo la línea de "Paris, je t'aime", y otras historias de amor en ciudades como Nueva York y Río de Janeiro.
Director
Conjunto de cortometrajes de reconocidos directores y actores. Siguiendo la línea de "Paris, je t'aime", y otras historias de amor en ciudades como Nueva York y Río de Janeiro.
Screenplay
Mimi has her hands full. Her son Felix is hyperactive, her ex-husband Johnny is a mess, her father is a chronic gambler. Then Felix signs her up for a Swiss casting show, because Mimi wanted to be a musician originally. So Mimi decides to head for Switzerland, since it could pay all their debts. But then the whole family wants to come...
Director
Mimi has her hands full. Her son Felix is hyperactive, her ex-husband Johnny is a mess, her father is a chronic gambler. Then Felix signs her up for a Swiss casting show, because Mimi wanted to be a musician originally. So Mimi decides to head for Switzerland, since it could pay all their debts. But then the whole family wants to come...
Selbst
Moderator
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.
Chaim Cohn
En 1957, doce años después de la II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945) y del fin del Tercer Reich, el Fiscal General Fritz Bauer se comprome a detener a los criminales nazis. El hecho decisivo es la localización del Adolf Eichmann, miembro clave de las SS.
Screenplay
The famous Hamburg psychiatrist Dr. Magnus Sorel is in a deep crisis. Not only that his Serbo-Croatian patient Masha has reported him for sexual assault. Magnus is also struggling with blackmail: a stranger has stolen his diaries, which reveal his innermost desires and abysses. The well-known psychotherapist is an obsessional neurotic who can only with difficulty hide his disgust from his fellow man. After a failed appearance on "Günther Jauch", Magnus tried to use force to bring the stolen diaries back into his possession. But he has to rethink in order to solve his problems.
Director
The famous Hamburg psychiatrist Dr. Magnus Sorel is in a deep crisis. Not only that his Serbo-Croatian patient Masha has reported him for sexual assault. Magnus is also struggling with blackmail: a stranger has stolen his diaries, which reveal his innermost desires and abysses. The well-known psychotherapist is an obsessional neurotic who can only with difficulty hide his disgust from his fellow man. After a failed appearance on "Günther Jauch", Magnus tried to use force to bring the stolen diaries back into his possession. But he has to rethink in order to solve his problems.
Director
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.
(segment "Joshua")
Thirteen German directors present short films exploring the state of their country.
Director
Thirteen German directors present short films exploring the state of their country.
Author
Diciembre de 1944: la "guerra total" está totalmente perdida. Goebbels (Sylvester Groth), sin embargo, no está dispuesto a ser derrotado tan fácilmente. Durante el día del Año Nuevo, se supone que el Führer (Helge Schneider) debe reactivar el espíritu de lucha del público con un discurso agresivo. El único problema es que el Führer no puede hacerlo. Enfermo y depresivo, evita el contacto con el pueblo. La única persona que ahora le puede ayudar es su antiguo profesor de interpretación, Adolfo Grünbaum (Ulrich Mühe)... un judío. Goebbels le traslada en secreto a él y a su familia del campo de concentración de Sachsenhausen a la cancillería del Reich. El tiempo se agota. El Führer tiene sólo cinco días para volver a estar en plena forma... (FILMAFFINITY)
Director
Diciembre de 1944: la "guerra total" está totalmente perdida. Goebbels (Sylvester Groth), sin embargo, no está dispuesto a ser derrotado tan fácilmente. Durante el día del Año Nuevo, se supone que el Führer (Helge Schneider) debe reactivar el espíritu de lucha del público con un discurso agresivo. El único problema es que el Führer no puede hacerlo. Enfermo y depresivo, evita el contacto con el pueblo. La única persona que ahora le puede ayudar es su antiguo profesor de interpretación, Adolfo Grünbaum (Ulrich Mühe)... un judío. Goebbels le traslada en secreto a él y a su familia del campo de concentración de Sachsenhausen a la cancillería del Reich. El tiempo se agota. El Führer tiene sólo cinco días para volver a estar en plena forma... (FILMAFFINITY)
Himself
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.
Screenplay
Zucker es un periodista que está al límite de la ley, y su vida esta a punto de fracasar. Una herencia parece ser la salvación de sus problemas, pero una cláusula, convertirá todo en una pesadilla.
Director
Zucker es un periodista que está al límite de la ley, y su vida esta a punto de fracasar. Una herencia parece ser la salvación de sus problemas, pero una cláusula, convertirá todo en una pesadilla.
Dimitri Zamelsky
The tender and supporting relationship between a young woman and her gay husband, in WW2.
Director
Marco and Melanie, a young married couple, are living a life of passion, chaos, and all the little frustrations of everyday existence. Their love for each other seems like a beacon on heavy seas. But career pressure, burned toast, and dirty laundry are eroding all tenderness, and they never seem to find enough time for their six-year-old son, Benny, either. Their world is about to fall apart when Melanie moves out, taking Benny with her. She files for divorce, and Marco makes a decision that is not only going to change his own life. He suddenly discovers his own unique way of being a father … I’m the Father is a modern portrait of a generation which appears to fail its own ambitions: After all, how do you combine a job, children, love and all the other challenges of everyday life – without giving yourself up in the process? And then what happens when positions become entrenched and a divorce seems inevitable?
Matthias
Louise y Nathalie, dos amigas de la infancia que soñaban con ser actrices, se vuelven a encontrar después de más de diez años. Louise trabaja como técnico dental y Nathalie ha hecho realidad su sueño de convertirse en actriz. Entre ambas se establece ahora una relación basada en una intensa atracción y unos celos obsesivos.
Fleabag Hotel Concierge
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
Fritz Borchert
En el Berlín de la II Guerra Mundial, Lilly, esposa de un oficial nazi, ama de casa y madre de cuatro hijos, lleva una vida convencional. Felice es judía y trabaja para un periódico nazi bajo un nombre falso, además de suministrar información a la resistencia. Cuando se conocen inician una historia de amor apasionada. Se escriben a diario cartas y poemas con los nombres ficticios de Aimèe y Jaguar. Cuando Lilly llega a saber que Felice es judía, rompe con su vida y emprende una serie de acciones: se divorcia de su marido nazi y hace que Felice se traslade a su apartamento. Pero, un día, las SS están esperándolas en el apartamento de Lilly...
Writer
David Fish, un brillante hombre de negocios soltero, recibe una sorprendente llamada de teléfono durante la comida. Su madre que emigró a América cuando era niña, ha visto en el periódico la foto del propietario de la fábrica y ha creido reconocer a su padre muerto en Eliah Goldberg. David quiere ayudar a su madre y contrata a Karmiski, un abogado que tambien es un militante activista judio, para establecer contacto con Eliah Goldberg. Lena Katz, nieta de Goldberg, vive en Nueva York, trabajando como diseñadora de decorados en reportajes de moda. Cuando se entera del incidente, instantáneamente regresa a casa para estar con su familia. Su madre la acompaña de vuelta a Nueva York porque quiere estar unos días tranquila después de la horrorosa experiencia.
David Fish
David Fish, un brillante hombre de negocios soltero, recibe una sorprendente llamada de teléfono durante la comida. Su madre que emigró a América cuando era niña, ha visto en el periódico la foto del propietario de la fábrica y ha creido reconocer a su padre muerto en Eliah Goldberg. David quiere ayudar a su madre y contrata a Karmiski, un abogado que tambien es un militante activista judio, para establecer contacto con Eliah Goldberg. Lena Katz, nieta de Goldberg, vive en Nueva York, trabajando como diseñadora de decorados en reportajes de moda. Cuando se entera del incidente, instantáneamente regresa a casa para estar con su familia. Su madre la acompaña de vuelta a Nueva York porque quiere estar unos días tranquila después de la horrorosa experiencia.
Director
David Fish, un brillante hombre de negocios soltero, recibe una sorprendente llamada de teléfono durante la comida. Su madre que emigró a América cuando era niña, ha visto en el periódico la foto del propietario de la fábrica y ha creido reconocer a su padre muerto en Eliah Goldberg. David quiere ayudar a su madre y contrata a Karmiski, un abogado que tambien es un militante activista judio, para establecer contacto con Eliah Goldberg. Lena Katz, nieta de Goldberg, vive en Nueva York, trabajando como diseñadora de decorados en reportajes de moda. Cuando se entera del incidente, instantáneamente regresa a casa para estar con su familia. Su madre la acompaña de vuelta a Nueva York porque quiere estar unos días tranquila después de la horrorosa experiencia.
Bernd
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.
Prostitute's Client
Basada en el famoso cómic de König. En un hotel de Nueva York un tutor chantajea a una estudiante para ir a la cama con él, pero cuando éste se pone un condón, el condón le arranca el pene con los dientes y desaparece. El detective Mackaroni lleva el caso, pensando que la chica ha atacado al profesor. Va al hotel y acaba en una habitación con un gigoló, pero de repente están interrumpidos por el asalto del condón asesino.
Writer
Sensing their relationship is crumbling, Christian avoids celebrating Christmas with his girlfriend Julia and heads for Paris.
Director
Sensing their relationship is crumbling, Christian avoids celebrating Christmas with his girlfriend Julia and heads for Paris.
Zeto
A comedy directed by Rainer Kaufmann.
Jost
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...
Neuss
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.
Katz
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.
Director
Director
Compilation film.
Producer
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.
Writer
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.
Alio
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.
Director
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.
Paul
Robby
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.
Director
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.
Writer
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.
Romeo
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.
Director
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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