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Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

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Drama

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.

Date: 10/29/1972
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Gottfried John, Hanna Schygulla, Luise Ullrich, Werner Finck, Wolfried Lier, Irm Hermann, Kurt Raab, Wolfgang Schenck, Wolfgang Zerlett, Herb Andress, Rudolf Waldemar Brem, Anita Bucher, Grigorios Karipidis, Renate Roland, Margit Carstensen, Brigitte Mira

Gottfried John as Jochen Epp in Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day Gottfried John

Hanna Schygulla as Marion Andreas in Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day Hanna Schygulla

Luise Ullrich as Grandma in Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day Luise Ullrich

Werner Finck as Gregor in Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day Werner Finck

Wolfried Lier as Wolf in Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day Wolfried Lier

Irm Hermann as Irmgard Erlkönig in Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day Irm Hermann

Kurt Raab as Harald in Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day Kurt Raab

Wolfgang Schenck as Franz Miltenberger in Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day Wolfgang Schenck

Wolfgang Zerlett

Herb Andress as Rüdiger in Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day Herb Andress

Rudolf Waldemar Brem as Rolf Schwein in Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day Rudolf Waldemar Brem

Anita Bucher

Grigorios Karipidis

Renate Roland as Monika Epp in Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day Renate Roland

Margit Carstensen as Erste Hausfrau in Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day Margit Carstensen

Brigitte Mira as Mother of Marion in Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day Brigitte Mira