It Can't Always Be Caviar (1961)

- 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

The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man gets caught up in espionage and adventure. He uses his wits to survive deadly situations.
lightheartedplayfulfast-pacedsuspensefultongue-in-cheekstylishescapist
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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