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Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day( 1972)

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A Family Series

Overview

Commissioned to make a working-class family drama for public television, up-and-coming director Rainer Werner Fassbinder took the assignment and ran, dodging expectations by depicting social realities in West Germany from a critical—yet far from cynical—perspective. Over the course of five episodes, the sprawling story tracks the everyday triumphs and travails of the young toolmaker Jochen and many of the people populating his world, including the woman he loves, his eccentric family, and his fellow workers, with whom he bands together to improve conditions on the factory floor.

  1. Rainer Werner Fassbinder

    Creator

Series Cast

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    Gottfried John

    Jochen Epp

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    Hanna Schygulla

    Marion Andreas

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    Luise Ullrich

    Grandma

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    Werner Finck

    Gregor

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    Wolfried Lier

    Wolf

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    Irm Hermann

    Irmgard Erlkönig

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    Kurt Raab

    Harald

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    Wolfgang Schenck

    Franz Miltenberger

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    Wolfgang Zerlett

    Manfred Müller

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    Herb Andress

    Rüdiger

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    Rudolf Waldemar Brem

    Rolf Schwein

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    Anita Bucher

    Käthe Epp

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    Grigorios Karipidis

    Guiseppe Giuliano

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    Renate Roland

    Monika Epp

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    Margit Carstensen

    Erste Hausfrau

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    Brigitte Mira

    Mother of Marion

Current Season

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Season 1

1972 | 5 Episodes

The young toolmaker Jochen fights with his colleagues to a performance bonus. He gets to know the girl Marion. For both, it is love at first sight.

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Facts

Status

Ended

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Type

Miniseries

Original Language

English

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