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Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

A Family Series

1972 - 1973•1 season•5 episodes•~1h 40m•

★7.7(20 ratings)

ComedyDrama

Overview

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.

Creators

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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Main Cast

Gottfried John

Gottfried John

Jochen Epp

Wolfried Lier

Wolfried Lier

Wolf Epp

Irm Hermann

Irm Hermann

Irmgard Erlkönig

Anita Bucher

Anita Bucher

Käthe Epp

Werner Finck

Werner Finck

Gregor Mack

Hanna Schygulla

Hanna Schygulla

Marion Andreas

Wolfgang Schenck

Wolfgang Schenck

Franz Miltenberger

Rudolf Waldemar Brem

Rudolf Waldemar Brem

Rolf Schwein

Wolfgang Zerlett

Wolfgang Zerlett

Manfred Müller

Grigorios Karipidis

Grigorios Karipidis

Guiseppe Giuliano

Hans Hirschmüller

Hans Hirschmüller

Jürgen Graf

Thorsten Massinger

Thorsten Massinger

Manni Andreas

Full Crew

Direction

First Assistant Director: Renate Leiffer
Second Assistant Director: Eberhard Schubert

Production

Producer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Producer: Peter Märthesheimer
Production Manager: Fred Ilgner
Production Manager: Bernd Tillmann
Assistant Production Manager: Herbert Watrin

Music & Sound

Original Music Composer: Fuzzy
Sound: Gerhard Trampert

Cinematography

Director of Photography: Dietrich Lohmann
First Assistant Camera: Herbert Paetzold
Second Assistant Camera: Thomas Mittelstenscheidt

Editing

Editor: Marie Anne Gerhardt

Art Direction

Production Design: Kurt Raab
Assistant Production Design: Manfred Lütz

Costume & Make-Up

Costume Design: Gisela Röcken
Makeup Artist: Wolfgang Martin
Makeup Artist: Rosemarie Schönartz

Keywords

love at first sightfactory workercologne, germanysolidaritytrade unionfamily relationshipsblue collarminiseriesworking classfoosballcomradeshipwest germanynew german cinemaworker's rightsgerman culture

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Did You Know?

#1

The show's tagline is: "A Family Series"

#2

The original title is "Acht Stunden sind kein Tag" (DE).

#3

The series spans 1 season with 5 episodes in total (avg. 5 per season).

#4

Each episode runs approximately 100 minutes.

#5

The series ran from 1972 to 1973 — a total of 1 years on air.

#6

Originally aired on WDR Fernsehen.

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Rating

7.7/10

Great

20 votes

TV Show Facts

Original Name:

Acht Stunden sind kein Tag

Status:

Ended

In Production:

No

Age Rating:

15

Language:

Deutsch

Country of Origin:

Germany

First Episode:

10/29/1972

Last Episode:

3/18/1973

Networks:

WDR Fernsehen

Production Companies:

WDR

WDR