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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Air Date: 1972-10-29
In Cologne lives the middle-class Epp family, where one son, Jochen, works in a tool factory and shares close comrade...
Air Date: 1972-12-27
Grandmother Oma spends time searching for an apartment she can afford with her new boyfriend Gregor, a gentleman she ...
Air Date: 1973-01-21
The closely knit comrades at the factory have hoped that, after some training, Franz would replace the recently decea...
Air Date: 1973-02-18
Prodded by a visit from Marion's strict mother, Jochen plans to marry Marion. Whereas tensions growing between Monika...
Air Date: 1973-03-18
With the news the factory is relocating, Jochen and Marion ask if they can switch apartments with Kathe and Wolf, to ...