TV series · 1972
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
“A Family Series”
First aired 29 October 1972 Comedy / Drama TMDB ↗
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.
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Luise Ullrich
as Oma Krüger
Herb Andress
as Rüdiger
Hans Hirschmüller
as Jürgen Graf
Karl Scheydt
as Arbeiter Peter
Gottfried John
as Jochen Epp
Irm Hermann
as Irmgard Erlkönig
Wolfgang Zerlett
as Manfred Müller
Hanna Schygulla
as Marion Andreas
Anita Bucher
as Käthe Epp
Grigorios Karipidis
as Guiseppe Giuliano
Thorsten Massinger
as Manni Andreas
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Werner Finck
as Gregor Mack
Wolfried Lier
as Wolf Epp
Rudolf Lenz
as Vermieter Mattes
Karl-Heinz Vosgerau
as Redakteur
Ruth Drexel
as Frau Miltenberger
Wolfgang Schenck
as Franz Miltenberger
Ursula Strätz
as Ursula
Kurt Raab
as Harald
Peter Chatel
as Mann in der Anzeigenannahme
Rudolf Waldemar Brem
as Rolf Schwein
Renate Roland
as Monika Epp
Eva Mattes
as Beschwippste Freundin
Andrea Schober
as Sylvia