Underplayed Gems

It Can't Always Be Caviar (1961)

It Can't Always Be Caviar poster
Original title
Es muß nicht immer Kaviar sein
Directed by
Géza von Radványi, Georg Marischka, Helmut Käutner
Genre
comedy film
Country
Germany, France
Runtime
1h 46m
Rated
16
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man gets caught up in espionage and adventure. He uses his wits to survive deadly situations.

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What happens

It Can't Always Be Caviar (German: Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein) is a 1961 French-West German comedy thriller film directed by Géza von Radványi and starring O.W. Fischer, Eva Bartok and Senta Berger. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hertha Hareiter and Otto Pischinger. It is based on the 1960 novel of the same title by the Austrian writer Johannes Mario Simmel. It was followed be a sequel film This Time It Must Be Caviar, released later the same year. In 1977 a television adaptation of the novel was produced. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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