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Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
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Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

1972-10-29 · 100 min / episode · ★ 7.7

Comedy · Drama

The sprawling story of 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 colleagues, with whom he bands together to improve conditions on the factory floor.

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Creators
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Production companies
WDR
Countries
Germany
Status
Ended

Top Cast

Gottfried JohnGottfried JohnJochen Epp
Wolfried LierWolfried LierWolf Epp
Irm HermannIrm HermannIrmgard Erlkönig
Anita BucherKäthe Epp
Werner FinckWerner FinckGregor Mack
Hanna SchygullaHanna SchygullaMarion Andreas
Wolfgang SchenckWolfgang SchenckFranz Miltenberger
Rudolf Waldemar BremRudolf Waldemar BremRolf Schwein
Wolfgang ZerlettManfred Müller
Grigorios KaripidisGrigorios KaripidisGuiseppe Giuliano
Hans HirschmüllerHans HirschmüllerJürgen Graf
Thorsten MassingerManni Andreas
Luise UllrichLuise UllrichOma Krüger
Karl ScheydtKarl ScheydtArbeiter Peter
Herb AndressHerb AndressRüdiger
Renate RolandRenate RolandMonika Epp

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