Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
1972 · TV · 1 season · 5 episodes
ComedyDrama
"A Family Series"
Overview
Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (German: Acht Stunden sind kein Tag) is a West German television drama miniseries written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Commissioned by Westdeutscher Rundfunk, it broadcast in five episodes between 1972 and 1973. In Cologne, West Germany, young toolmaker Jochen's world is explored, including those around him: the woman he loves, his eccentric family, and his fellow workers, with whom he bands together to improve conditions on the factory floor.
Ratings
TMDB
7.7/10
Key crew
- FuzzyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gottfried JohnJochen Epp
- Wolfried LierWolf Epp
- Irm HermannIrmgard Erlkönig
- Anita BucherKäthe Epp
- Werner FinckGregor Mack
- Hanna SchygullaMarion Andreas
- Wolfgang SchenckFranz Miltenberger
- Rudolf Waldemar BremRolf Schwein
- Wolfgang ZerlettManfred Müller
- Grigorios KaripidisGuiseppe Giuliano
- Hans HirschmüllerJürgen Graf
- Thorsten MassingerManni Andreas
Stills
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Themes
love at first sightfactory workercologne, germanysolidaritytrade unionfamily relationshipsblue collarminiseriesworking classfoosballcomradeshipwest germany