Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
TV Series

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

A Family Series

7.6October 29, 19721 Season5 EpisodesEnded
ComedyDrama

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.

Created by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Networks: WDR Fernsehen

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Miniseries

Miniseries

5 Episodes

Cast

Gottfried John

Gottfried John

Jochen Epp

Wolfried Lier

Wolfried Lier

Wolf Epp

Irm Hermann

Irm Hermann

Irmgard Erlkönig

Anita Bucher
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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

Wolfgang Zerlett
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Wolfgang Zerlett

Manfred Müller

Grigorios Karipidis

Grigorios Karipidis

Guiseppe Giuliano

Hans Hirschmüller

Hans Hirschmüller

Jürgen Graf

Thorsten Massinger
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Thorsten Massinger

Manni Andreas

Crew

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Producer

Peter Märthesheimer
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Peter Märthesheimer

Producer