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Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

created by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

A Family Series

19721 season★ 7.6
ComedyDrama

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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.

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Gottfried John

Gottfried John

Jochen Epp

Wolfried Lier

Wolfried Lier

Wolf Epp

Irm Hermann

Irm Hermann

Irmgard Erlkönig

A

Anita Bucher

Käthe Epp

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

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Created by

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Status

Ended

Episodes

5

Language

DE

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