| Genre: | Drama |
| Director: | Michael Braun |
| Starring: | Karin Anselm Gerd Baltus Margot Leonard Ilse Pagé |
| Country: | West Germany |
| Language: | German |
| Num Series: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 16 |
| Runtime: | 25 minutes |
| Company: | Norddeutscher Rundfunk |
| Channel: | ARD |
Lean Times (German: Magere Zeiten) is a West German television series which originally aired on ARD in 1978.[1]