Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
tv show

5 total episodes
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1 seasons
A Family Series
First Aired October 29, 1972
Overview
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.
Cast

Gottfried John
as
Jochen Epp

Wolfried Lier
as
Wolf Epp

Irm Hermann
as
Irmgard Erlkönig
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Anita Bucher
as
Käthe Epp

Werner Finck
as
Gregor Mack

Hanna Schygulla
as
Marion Andreas

Wolfgang Schenck
as
Franz Miltenberger

Rudolf Waldemar Brem
as
Rolf Schwein
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Wolfgang Zerlett
as
Manfred Müller

Grigorios Karipidis
as
Guiseppe Giuliano

Hans Hirschmüller
as
Jürgen Graf
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Thorsten Massinger
as
Manni Andreas
Crew
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Manfred Lütz
as
Assistant Production Design

Kurt Raab
as
Production Design
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Thomas Mittelstenscheidt
as
Second Assistant Camera
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Dietrich Lohmann
as
Director of Photography
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Herbert Paetzold
as
First Assistant Camera
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Rosemarie Schönartz
as
Makeup Artist
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Wolfgang Martin
as
Makeup Artist
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Gisela Röcken
as
Costume Design

Renate Leiffer
as
First Assistant Director

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
as
Director
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Eberhard Schubert
as
Second Assistant Director
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Marie Anne Gerhardt
as
Editor