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Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

Created by Rainer Werner Fassbinder·1972·1 season · 5 episodes · ~100 min/ep

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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Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day (1972)

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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1 season · 5 episodes · ~100 min/ep
Cross-source blend ~77/100

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Countries

Germany

Ratings

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7.7/10

20 votes

Rating consensus

77/100 blend

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Warm reception overall — weighted ~77/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.

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

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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