Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

Oct 29, 1972 (de) Comedy, Drama [100] Min
  • First Air Date
    Oct 29, 1972
  • Production
    WDR
  • Rotten tomato
    76%
  • Original title
    Acht Stunden sind kein Tag
  • Release
    Oct 29, 1972
  • de
    -

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Peter Märthesheimer

    Producer

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Casts

  1. Gottfried John

    Jochen Epp

  2. Hanna Schygulla

    Marion Andreas

  3. Luise Ullrich

    Grandma

  4. Werner Finck

    Gregor

  5. Wolfried Lier

    Wolf

  6. Irm Hermann

    Irmgard Erlkönig

  7. Kurt Raab

    Harald

  8. Wolfgang Schenck

    Franz Miltenberger

  9. Wolfgang Zerlett

    Manfred Müller

  10. Herb Andress

    Rüdiger

  11. Rudolf Waldemar Brem

    Rolf Schwein

  12. Anita Bucher

    Käthe Epp

  13. Grigorios Karipidis

    Guiseppe Giuliano

  14. Renate Roland

    Monika Epp

  15. Margit Carstensen

    Erste Hausfrau

  16. Brigitte Mira

    Mother of Marion

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 16 / Crews : 4

Season 1 ( 1972-10-29)

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.

Jochen and Marion

Episode: 1

Oma and Gregor

Episode: 2

Franz and Ernst

Episode: 3

Harald and Monika

Episode: 4

Irmgard and Rolf

Episode: 5
Oct 29, 1972 (de)
Comedy, Drama
[100] Min
  • First Air Date Oct 29, 1972
  • Production
    WDR
  • Rotten tomato 76%
Original Title Acht Stunden sind kein Tag
de

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Peter Märthesheimer

    Producer