Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

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.

First Aired

Oct 29, 1972

Last Aired

Mar 18, 1973

Episode Runtime

1h 40m

Created By

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Network

WDR Fernsehen

Original Name

Acht Stunden sind kein Tag

Country

DE