Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Gottfried John Jochen Epp

Wolfried Lier Wolf Epp

Irm Hermann Irmgard Erlkönig

Anita Bucher Käthe Epp

Werner Finck Gregor Mack