Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
1972 to 1973 Comedy, Drama 1 season
TMDB rating 7.7/10 Ended
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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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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Cast and details
Gottfried JohnJochen Epp
Wolfried LierWolf Epp
Irm HermannIrmgard Erlkönig- Anita BucherKäthe Epp
Werner FinckGregor Mack
Hanna SchygullaMarion Andreas
Wolfgang SchenckFranz Miltenberger
Rudolf Waldemar BremRolf Schwein- Wolfgang ZerlettManfred Müller
Grigorios KaripidisGuiseppe Giuliano
Hans HirschmüllerJürgen Graf- Thorsten MassingerManni Andreas
- Created by
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Network
- WDR Fernsehen
- First aired
- Oct 29, 1972
- Latest episode
- Mar 18, 1973
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