Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day (Acht Stunden sind kein Tag) 52 years old
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.
Credits
Gottfried John
Jochen
Ulli Lommel
Peter
Margit Carstensen
Hausfrau
Klaus Löwitsch
Dr.Bertram
Herb Andress
Rüdiger
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Gottfried John He was 30 , 72 years old when he died | as Jochen |
| Ulli Lommel He was 27 , 72 years old when he died | as Peter |
| Margit Carstensen She was 32 , now 84 years old | as Hausfrau |
| Klaus Löwitsch He was 36 , 66 years old when he died | as Dr.Bertram |
| Karl-Heinz Vosgerau He was 44 , now 96 years old | |
| Herb Andress He was 37 , 69 years old when he died | as Rüdiger |
| Marquard Bohm He was 31 , 64 years old when he died | as Standesbamter |
| Eva Mattes She was 17 , now 70 years old | as Freundin |
| Rudolf Waldemar Brem He was 23 , 67 years old when he died | as Rolf Schwein |
| Kurt Raab He was 31 , 46 years old when he died | as Harald |
| Lilo Pempeit She was 50 , 70 years old when she died | as Hausfrau |
| Ruth Drexel She was 42 , 78 years old when she died | as Franz' Frau |
| Manfred Seipold He was 31 , 48 years old when he died | |
| Irm Hermann She was 30 , now 82 years old | as Irmgard Erlkönig |
| Hanna Schygulla She was 28 , now 80 years old | as Marion |
| Brigitte Mira She was 62 , 94 years old when she died | as Marions Mutter |
| Helga Feddersen She was 42 , 60 years old when she died | |
| Werner Finck He was 70 , 76 years old when he died | as Gregor |
| Valeska Gert She was 80 , 86 years old when she died | as Oma |
| Katrin Schaake She was 40 , now 93 years old | as Vermieterin |
| Wolfried Lier He was 55 , 76 years old when he died | as Wolf |
| Wolfgang Schenck He was 37 , now 90 years old | as Franz Miltenberger |
| Walter Sedlmayr He was 46 , 64 years old when he died | as Witwer |
| Luise Ullrich She was 61 , 74 years old when she died | as Oma |
| Rudolf Lenz He was 52 , 67 years old when he died | as Vermieter Mattes |
Crew
| Name | Job title |
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Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day (52 years)
Ended
- First Air Date: 1972-10-29
- Runtime: [95] minutes
- Number of Episodes: 5