Lean Times (1978)
- Original title
- Magere Zeiten
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- West Germany
- Length
- 1 season, 16 episodes
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A television series set in West Germany during the late 1970s. It follows the lives of ordinary people struggling with economic hardship and personal challenges.
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What happens
Lean Times (German: Magere Zeiten) is a West German television series which originally aired on ARD in 1978. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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