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Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day (1972)

Ended ★ 7.6/10 1 Season 5 Episodes 1h 40m Comedy, Drama
Network: WDR Fernsehen
A Family Series

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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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Gottfried John
Gottfried John Jochen Epp
Wolfried Lier
Wolfried Lier Wolf Epp
Irm Hermann
Irm Hermann Irmgard Erlkönig
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
KEYWORDS: love at first sight factory worker cologne, germany solidarity trade union family relationships blue collar miniseries working class foosball

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