Eight Hours Don't Make a Day

Eight Hours Don't Make a Day
Created byRainer Werner Fassbinder
StarringGottfried John
Hanna Schygulla
Luise Ullrich
Werner Finck
Wolfgang Schenck
Kurt Raab
Renate Roland
Irm Hermann
Rudolf Waldemar Brem
ComposerFuzzy
Country of originWest Germany
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes5
Production
ProducerPeter Märthesheimer
CinematographyDietrich Lohmann
EditorMarie Anne Gerhardt
Running time478 minutes[1]
Original release
NetworkWestdeutscher Rundfunk
Release29 October 1972 (1972-10-29) –
18 March 1973 (1973-03-18)
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Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (German: Acht Stunden sind kein Tag) (also translated as (Eight Hours Are Not a Day) is a West German television miniseries written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Commissioned by Westdeutscher Rundfunk, it was broadcast in five episodes between 1972 and 1973.[2] The story follows a group of working-class people in Cologne, West Germany.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rewind was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "40 years ago: RWF's EIGHT HOURS ARE NOT A DAY". Fassbinder Foundation. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  3. ^ Day, Meagan (August 2, 2021). "Fassbinder and the Red Army Faction". Jacobin.