Basic Info

First Air: October 29, 1972

Rating: ⭐ 7.6/10 (19 votes)

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 5

Last Episode

Name: Irmgard and Rolf

Season: 1, Episode: 5

Air Date: 1973-03-18

Runtime: 94 min

Upon discovering that the tool factory is being relocated, Jochen and Marion seek a new place while the workers list demands for their growing impatience.

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EIGHT HOURS DON'T MAKE A DAY Trailer

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

1972 ⭐ 7.6/10 19 votes

Overview

Commissioned to make a working-class family drama for public television, up-and-coming director Rainer Werner Fassbinder took the assignment and ran, dodging expectations by depicting social realities in West Germany from a critical—yet far from cynical—perspective. Over the course of five episodes, the sprawling story tracks 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 fellow workers, with whom he bands together to improve conditions on the factory floor.