Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day (1972)

10/29/1972 (DE) • 1h 40m

Comedy, Drama

A Family Series

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.

Top Billed Cast

Gottfried John

Jochen Epp

5 Episodes

Hanna Schygulla

Marion Andreas

5 Episodes

Luise Ullrich

Grandma

5 Episodes

Werner Finck

Gregor

5 Episodes

Wolfried Lier

Wolf

5 Episodes

Irm Hermann

Irmgard Erlkönig

5 Episodes

Kurt Raab

Harald

5 Episodes

Wolfgang Schenck

Franz Miltenberger

5 Episodes

Wolfgang Zerlett

Manfred Müller

5 Episodes


Last Season

Season 1

1972 | 5 Episodes

The young toolmaker Jochen fights with his colleagues to a performance bonus. He gets to know the girl Marion. For both, it is love at first sight.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Miniseries

Original Language

German

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