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Call Me Levi

Hardly any piece of clothing embodies freedom, pragmatism and individuality as much as the Bluejeans. It is considered a symbol of the "American Dream" and is carried from arm to rich by almost every person. Despite their popularity, very few know the history of their invention. Around 1850, the German-Jewish peddler son Levi Strauss emigrated to America with his sister due to lack of prospects and anti-Semitism in the old Franconian homeland. His brothers are already doing a dry goods store there. When the big gold rush breaks out, Levi continues to San Fransicso, where he opens a textile goods business under his own name. The demand from the gold-diggers for hard-wearing pants is high. So the bustling businessman teams up with the ingenious Latvian tailor Jacob Davis, who came up with the idea of ​​strengthening the seams of the pants with rivets. But a protection money patron dominates the port city and makes life difficult for them. And there are also difficulties with the patent.

2025 |1 Season  | 45m |  Drama, Western

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Vincent Redetzki

Levi Strauss

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Anton von Lucke

Jacob Davis

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Amy Benkenstein

Fanny Stern

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Lea van Acken

Annie Packsher

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Bardo Böhlefeld

David Stern

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Hannes Wegener

Louis Strauss

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Lukas Rüppel

Goodman

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Roland Koch

J.C. Eddy

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Alessandro Schuster

Henry Eddy

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Golo Euler

Jude William

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Christian Beermann

Frederick Ferson

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Bernd Hölscher

Mr. Cartwright

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Andreas Schröders

Seymore Hoffstead

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Niels Bormann

Raymond Bell

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Georgia Stahl

Mrs. Belle Cora

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Butz Ulrich Buse

Jacob's Father

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Inga Wolff

Mother Püttner

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Johannes Silberschneider

Hirsch Strauss

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Alice Prosser

Linda

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Beniamino Brogi

Announcer

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Nikolai Selikovsky

Fabrics Seller (uncredited)

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Creator

David Marian

Status

Ended

Languages

German

Network

Das Erste