Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day (1972)

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Release Date

29 Oct, 1972

Runtime

01:40: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

5/1

Synopsis

A Family Series

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.

Original Title

Acht Stunden sind kein Tag

Photos

Season 1

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29 Oct, 1972

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.