Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (1972)

Original title

Acht Stunden sind kein Tag

Directed by

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Genre

drama television series

Country

Germany

Length

1 season, 5 episodes

Rated

15

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A five-part miniseries follows a group of working class people in Cologne, West Germany. It shows their jobs, families, and casual everyday interactions.

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What happens

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. The story follows a group of working-class people in Cologne, West Germany. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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