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| Eight Hours Don't Make a Day | |
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| 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 | Fuzzy |
| Country of origin | West Germany |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Peter Märthesheimer |
| Cinematography | Dietrich Lohmann |
| Editor | Marie Anne Gerhardt |
| Running time | 478 minutes[1] |
| Original release | |
| Network | Westdeutscher Rundfunk |
| Release | 29 October 1972 (1972-10-29) – 18 March 1973 (1973-03-18) |
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]
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| 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. | |
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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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