
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
Series

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
Series
- Title:Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
- User score:7.6
- First air date:1972-10-29
- Genres:Comedy, Drama
- Number of seasons:1
- Number of episodes:5
- Status:Ended
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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S1 - Miniseries
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5 episodesAir date: 1972-10-29
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
Jochen Epp

Wolfried Lier
Wolf Epp

Irm Hermann
Irmgard Erlkönig

Werner Finck
Gregor Mack

Hanna Schygulla
Marion Andreas

Wolfgang Schenck
Franz Miltenberger

Rudolf Waldemar Brem
Rolf Schwein

Grigorios Karipidis
Guiseppe Giuliano

Hans Hirschmüller
Jürgen Graf

Luise Ullrich
Oma Krüger

Karl Scheydt
Arbeiter Peter

Herb Andress
Rüdiger
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