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Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (1972 – 1973)

Eight Hours Don't Make a Day

^{(1972 – 1973)}

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7h 56m

October 29th, 1972

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

Gottfried John
Jochen Epp
Wolfried Lier
Wolf Epp
Anita Bucher
Käthe Epp
Werner Finck
Gregor Mack
Irm Hermann
Irmgard Erlkönig
Hanna Schygulla
Marion Andreas
Rudolf Waldemar Brem
Rolf Schwein
Wolfgang Schenck
Franz Miltenberger
Wolfgang Zerlett
Manfred Müller
Grigorios Karipidis
Guiseppe Giuliano
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Directors

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
(5 episodes, 1972-1973)
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Producers

Peter Märthesheimer
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WDR (5 episodes, 1972-1973)
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Writers

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
(5 episodes, 1972-1973)
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Taglines

A Family Series

Keywords

male nudity
family relationships
number in title
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Country of Origin

Germany

Languages

German

Release Dates

October 29th, 1972 (Germany)

Alternative Titles

Acht Stunden sind kein Tag (original title)
Oito Horas não São um Dia (Brazil)
Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (Canada) (English title)
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Locations

Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Running Times

476 min ((5 episodes))

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

4:3

Production Companies

Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
WDR

Distribution Companies

StudioCanal (Germany) (release through)
Arthaus (Germany)
Arthaus (Germany)
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