TV series
Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein
1977 · 1 season
A tense yet warm espionage drama with a light touch, where a reluctant hero navigates wartime intrigue and romance, ending each episode with a cooking demonstration.
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Siegfried Rauch, Heinz Reincke, Herbert Fleischmann
- Overview
- Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein is a TV adaption of a novel of the same name by Austrian author Johannes Mario Simmel. Directed by Thomas Engel Siegfried Rauch walks in the footsteps of O. W. Fischer who played the protagonist "Thomas Lieven" already in 1961, just one year after the bestseller had been released. The series is unique for providing a little cooking show at the end of each episode. The book also includes recipes because "Thomas Lieven" is an accomplished amateur cook.
- How it feels
- Tense, warm, light and satirical. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- War, identity, deception, survival
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Siegfried Rauch, Heinz Reincke, Herbert Fleischmann
