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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.
Last Episode Aired
1977-10-19
S1E13 — Episode 13
Billed Cast
Siegfried Rauch
Thomas Lieven
Heinz Reincke
Bastian
Herbert Fleischmann
Major Loos
Erik Schumann
Simeon
Friedrich W. Bauschulte
Oberst Schüttler
Gert Günther Hoffmann
Obersturmbannführer Eicher
Berno von Cramm
Winter
Rainer Penkert
Lovejoy
Marisa Mell
Chantal
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