Lean Times (1978)

Original title

Magere Zeiten

Country

West Germany

Length

1 season, 16 episodes

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 series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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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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