Eight Hours Don't Make a Day

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Eight Hours Don't Make a Day
Created by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring Gottfried John
Hanna Schygulla
Luise Ullrich
Werner Finck
Wolfgang Schenck
Kurt Raab
Renate Roland
Irm Hermann
Rudolf Waldemar Brem
Composer(s) Fuzzy
Country of origin Germany
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 5
Production
Producer(s) Peter Märthesheimer
Cinematography Dietrich Lohmann
Editor(s) Marie Anne Gerhardt
Running time 478 minutes[1]
Release
Original network Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Original release 29 October 1972 (1972-10-29) –
18 March 1973 (1973-03-18)
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

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]

Episodes

Episode guide
No. Title First aired Runtime (mins.) Synopsis
1 "Jochen and Marion"
"Jochen und Marion"		 29 October 1972 107 A love affair blossoms between middle-class tool factory employee Jochen and office advertiser Marion.
2 "Grandma and Gregor"
"Oma und Gregor"		 27 December 1972 105 Jochen's grandmother searches for an affordable apartment to share with Gregor, a gentleman she picked up in a park. When Grandma comes across an abandoned library space, she and Gregor decide to become do-it-yourself squatters and turn it into a kindergarten.
3 "Franz and Ernst"
"Franz und Ernst"		 21 January 1973 97 After the death of the foreman, the tool factory comrades hope that Franz will get promoted. However, tensions rise when the manager instead brings in an outsider.
4 "Harald and Monika"
"Harald und Monika"		 18 February 1973 95 Following a visit from Marion's strict mother, Jochen is pressured into proposing. Meanwhile, growing strained relations between Monika and the overbearing Harald start Monika on thoughts of divorce.
5 "Irmgard and Rolf"
"Irmgard und Rolf"		 18 March 1973 94 Upon discovering that the tool factory is being relocated, Jochen and Marion seek a new place while the workers list demands for their growing impatience.

Cast

Restoration

In December 2016, it was announced that the restored version would have its world premiere in the Berlinale Special section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.[4] In September 2017, Arrow Films released this version in a limited edition dual-format DVD and Blu-ray box set in the UK.[5][6][7] The UK release runs at the original speed of 25 frames per second.[1] In October 2018, The Criterion Collection released it on DVD and Blu-ray in the USA, slowed to 24 frames per second.[8][1]

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