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Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

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Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

"A Family Series"

1972- 1973

1 Seasons

5 Episodes

7.7(20 votes)

Ended

Comedy

Drama

Overview

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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Episodes

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The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Gottfried John

Gottfried John

Jochen Epp

Wolfried Lier

Wolfried Lier

Wolf Epp

Irm Hermann

Irm Hermann

Irmgard Erlkönig

Anita Bucher

Käthe Epp

Werner Finck

Werner Finck

Gregor Mack

Hanna Schygulla

Hanna Schygulla

Marion Andreas

Wolfgang Schenck

Wolfgang Schenck

Franz Miltenberger

Rudolf Waldemar Brem

Rudolf Waldemar Brem

Rolf Schwein

Wolfgang Zerlett

Manfred Müller

Grigorios Karipidis

Grigorios Karipidis

Guiseppe Giuliano

Creative team

Created by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Produced by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Peter Märthesheimer

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