Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day(1972)
ComedyDrama
First Air Date: 1972-10-29
Average Runtime: 1h 40m
Rating: 7.7
Votes: 20
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 5
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.
Keywords
love at first sightfactory workercologne, germanysolidaritytrade unionfamily relationshipsblue collarminiseriesworking classfoosballcomradeshipwest germanynew german cinemaworker's rightsgerman culture
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Miniseries
Episodes: 5E01
Jochen and Marion
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...
E02
Oma and Gregor
Air Date: 1972-12-27
Grandmother Oma spends time searching for an apartment she can afford with her new boyfriend Gregor, a gentleman she ...
E03
Franz and Ernst
Air Date: 1973-01-21
The closely knit comrades at the factory have hoped that, after some training, Franz would replace the recently decea...
E04
Harald and Monika
Air Date: 1973-02-18
Prodded by a visit from Marion's strict mother, Jochen plans to marry Marion. Whereas tensions growing between Monika...
E05
Irmgard and Rolf
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 ...
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