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Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

1972 1 Seasons 5 Episodes ⭐ 7.7 Comedy Drama

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.

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.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Jochen and Marion

In Cologne lives the middle-class Epp family, where one son, Jochen, works in a tool factory and shares close comradeshi

EP 2

Oma and Gregor

Grandmother Oma spends time searching for an apartment she can afford with her new boyfriend Gregor, a gentleman she has

EP 3

Franz and Ernst

The closely knit comrades at the factory have hoped that, after some training, Franz would replace the recently deceased

EP 4

Harald and Monika

Prodded by a visit from Marion's strict mother, Jochen plans to marry Marion. Whereas tensions growing between Monika an

EP 5

Irmgard and Rolf

With the news the factory is relocating, Jochen and Marion ask if they can switch apartments with Kathe and Wolf, to be

Popular Cast

Gottfried John

Gottfried John

Jochen Epp

Wolfried Lier

Wolfried Lier

Wolf Epp

Irm Hermann

Irm Hermann

Irmgard Erlkönig

Werner Finck

Werner Finck

Gregor Mack

Hanna Schygulla

Hanna Schygulla

Marion Andreas

Wolfgang Schenck

Wolfgang Schenck

Franz Miltenberger

Rudolf Waldemar Brem

Rudolf Waldemar Brem

Rolf Schwein

Grigorios Karipidis

Grigorios Karipidis

Guiseppe Giuliano

Hans Hirschmüller

Hans Hirschmüller

Jürgen Graf