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Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day (1972)
Comedy
Drama
Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (German: Acht Stunden sind kein Tag) is a West German television drama miniseries written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Commissioned by Westdeutscher Rundfunk, it broadcast in five episodes between 1972 and 1973. In Cologne, West Germany, young toolmaker Jochen's world is explored, including those around him: the woman he loves, his eccentric family, and his fellow workers, with whom he bands together to improve conditions on the factory floor.
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Keywords
love at first sight
factory worker
cologne, germany
solidarity
trade union
family relationships
blue collar
miniseries
working class
foosball
comradeship
west germany
new german cinema
worker's rights
german culture


































