Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day(1972)

A Family Series

Eight Hours Don't Make a Day is a West German television drama miniseries written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Broadcast across five episodes between 1972 and 1973, the series follows Jochen, a young toolmaker in Cologne whose daily life unfolds against the backdrop of factory work, romantic longing, and family chaos. As Jochen navigates relationships with the woman he loves and his eccentric family, he and his fellow workers band together to push for better conditions on the factory floor. Fassbinder's intimate portrait captures the texture of working-class life in 1970s West Germany, blending personal struggle with collective action in a drama that remains both tender and politically aware.

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