Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (1972)

Name: Eight Hours Don't Make a Day
Genre: Drama
Rating: 8.2
Cast: Gottfried John, Wolfried Lier, Irm Hermann, Anita Bucher, Werner Finck

Drama

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.

IMDb rating: 8.2 (763 votes)
Seasons: 1
Language: DE
Type: Mini-series

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Cast

Gottfried John Jochen Epp
Wolfried Lier Wolf Epp
Irm Hermann Irmgard Erlkönig
Anita Bucher Käthe Epp
Werner Finck Gregor Mack
Hanna Schygulla Marion Andreas

Seasons

Season 1 (1972)

8.12 avg 5 episodes 8.1 → 8.1 95 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Jochen und Marion	8.1	149
2	Oma und Gregor	7.9	134
3	Franz und Ernst	8.2	127
4	Harald und Monika	8.3	117
5	Irmgard und Rolf	8.1	111