Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

#84 among series

Age rating

16+

Episode runtime

1h 40m

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day is rated 16+; episodes run about 1h 40m.

Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (German: Acht Stunden sind kein Tag) is a West German television drama miniseries written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Commissioned by Westdeutscher Rundfunk, it broadcast in five episodes between 1972 and 1973. In Cologne, West Germany, young toolmaker Jochen's world is explored, including those around him: the woman he loves, his eccentric family, and his fellow workers, with whom he bands together to improve conditions on the factory floor.

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