
“A Family Series”
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.
First Aired: 10/29/1972
Languages: German
Created by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Type: Miniseries
Companies: WDR
Countries: Germany

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.

Gottfried John
Jochen Epp

Wolfried Lier
Wolf Epp

Irm Hermann
Irmgard Erlkönig
Anita Bucher
Käthe Epp

Werner Finck
Gregor Mack

Hanna Schygulla
Marion Andreas

Wolfgang Schenck
Franz Miltenberger

Rudolf Waldemar Brem
Rolf Schwein
Wolfgang Zerlett
Manfred Müller

Grigorios Karipidis
Guiseppe Giuliano

Hans Hirschmüller
Jürgen Graf
Thorsten Massinger
Manni Andreas
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