Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
A Family Series
Comedy
Drama
Overview
Commissioned to make a working-class family drama for public television, up-and-coming director Rainer Werner Fassbinder took the assignment and ran, dodging expectations by depicting social realities in West Germany from a critical—yet far from cynical—perspective. Over the course of five episodes, the sprawling story tracks the everyday triumphs and travails of the young toolmaker Jochen and many of the people populating his world, including the woman he loves, his eccentric family, and his fellow workers, with whom he bands together to improve conditions on the factory floor.
Status:
Ended
First Air Date:
1972-10-29
Runtime:
1h 40m
Director:
Unknown
Writer:
Unknown
Top Cast
Gottfried John
Jochen Epp
Hanna Schygulla
Marion Andreas
Luise Ullrich
Grandma
Werner Finck
Gregor
Wolfried Lier
Wolf
Irm Hermann
Irmgard Erlkönig
Kurt Raab
Harald
Wolfgang Schenck
Franz Miltenberger
Wolfgang Zerlett
Manfred Müller
Herb Andress
Rüdiger
Rudolf Waldemar Brem
Rolf Schwein
Anita Bucher
Käthe Epp
Official Videos
EIGHT HOURS DON'T MAKE A DAY Trailer
Episodes - Season 1
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