The interlocking stories of blue collar workers in 1970s Germany as they confront issues of the day, such as the unfairness of the work power structure, making ends meet and facing Germany's changing social mores.
The five feature-length episodes that aired each had millions of viewers, and their subject matter was fashioned with a wide audience in mind. They take place in Cologne. At the center of the series is the romantic union of a young, skilled factory technician named Jochen (Gottfried John) and a newspaper assistant named Marion (Hanna Schygulla).
Rarely screened since its popular but controversial initial broadcast, Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day rates as a true discovery, one of Fassbinder’s earliest and most tender experiments with the possibilities of melodrama.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast: Gottfried John, Hanna Schygulla, Luise Ullrich
Country: West Germany
Genre: Drama
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