Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
29/10/1972

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
Jochen Epp


Wolfried Lier
Wolf Epp


Irm Hermann
Irmgard Erlkönig
Anita Bucher
Käthe Epp


Werner Finck
Gregor Mack


Hanna Schygulla
Marion Andreas


Wolfgang Schenck
Franz Miltenberger


Rudolf Waldemar Brem
Rolf Schwein
Wolfgang Zerlett
Manfred Müller


Grigorios Karipidis
Guiseppe Giuliano


Hans Hirschmüller
Jürgen Graf
Thorsten Massinger
Manni Andreas


Luise Ullrich
Oma Krüger


Karl Scheydt
Arbeiter Peter


Herb Andress
Rüdiger


Renate Roland
Monika Epp
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