''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.
Episodes
Cast
;All episodes
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Gottfried John as Jochen Epp
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Hanna Schygulla
Hanna Schygulla (; born 25 December 1943) is a German actress and chanson singer associated with the theater and film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. She first worked for Fassbinder in 1965 and became an active participant in the New German ...
as Marion Andreas
* Luise Ulrich as Oma Krüger
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Werner Finck as Gregor Mack
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Irm Hermann as Irmgard Erlkönig
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Wolfgang Schenck as Franz Miltenberger
* Wolfgang Zerlett as Manfred Müller
* Rudolf Waldemar Brem as Rolf Schwein
* Grigorios Karipidis as Giuseppe Giuliano
* Wolfried Lier as Wolf Epp
* Hans Hirschmüller as Jürgen Graf
* Renate Roland as Monika
* Anita Bucher as Käthe Epp
* Karl Scheydt as Arbeiter Peter
* Rainer Hauer as Werkshallenleiter Volkmar Gross
* Andrea Schober as Sylvia
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Herb Andress
Herb Andress (January 10, 1935, in Bad Goisern – April 8, 2004, in Munich), born Herbert Andreas Greunz, was an Austrian film and television actor, known particularly for his roles in the Rainer Werner Fassbinder film ''Lili Marleen'' (1981) and ...
as Rüdiger
* Thorsten Massinger as Manni Andreas
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Kurt Raab
Kurt Raab (20 July 1941 – 28 June 1988) was a West German stage and film actor, as well as a screenwriter and playwright. Raab is best remembered for his work with German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, with whom he collaborated on 31 ...
as Harald (4 episodes)
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El Hedi ben Salem
El Hedi ben Salem ( 1935 – 1977) was a Moroccan actor, best known for his work with German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Early life
Salem was born El Hedi ben Salem m'Barek Mohammed Mustafa in a small village in Morocco to a we ...
(''uncredited'') as Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter (4 episodes)
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Ruth Drexel as Frau Miltenberger (3 episodes)
* Christine Oesterlein as Tante Klara (2 episodes)
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Brigitte Mira
Brigitte Mira (, 20 April 1910 – 8 March 2005) was a German actress. She worked in both theater and film, later in her career with Rainer Werner Fassbinder on many occasions.
Believed to have been born in Hamburg, she moved early on to Berli ...
as Marions Mutter, Frau Andreas (1 episode)
* Peter Gauhe as Ernst Friedrich (1 episode)
* Victor Curland as Meister Fritz Kretzschmer (1 episode)
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Klaus Löwitsch
Klaus Löwitsch (8 April 1936 – 3 December 2002) was a German actor, best known in Germany for his starring role in the television detective series ''Peter Strohm''.
He appeared in several films directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, beginn ...
as Dr. Betram (1 episode)
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Rudolf Lenz
Rudolf Lenz (25 May 1920 – 12 July 1987) was an Austrian actor.
Selected filmography
* '' The Forester of the Silver Wood'' (1954)
* '' Victoria in Dover'' (1954)
* '' The Dairymaid of St. Kathrein'' (1955)
* '' Forest Liesel'' (1956)
* '' The ...
as Vermieter Mattes (1 episode)
* Hans Gromball as Betrüger (1 episode)
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Valeska Gert as Die andere Oma (1 episode)
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Margit Carstensen
Margit Carstensen (born 29 February 1940) is a German theatre and film actress, best known outside Germany for roles in the works of film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Theater career
Carstensen, the daughter of a physician, was born and rai ...
as Hausfrau (1 episode)
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Ulli Lommel as Peter (1 episode)
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Eva Mattes as Beschwippste Freundin (1 episode)
* Lilo Pempeit as Hausfrau Müller (1 episode)
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Heinz Meier as Beamter Meier (1 episode)
* Ursula Strätz (''uncredited'') as Peters Frau (1 episode)
* Peter Chatel as Mann in der Anzeigenannahme (1 episode)
Restoration
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
The 67th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 18 February 2017 with Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven as President of the Jury. ''Django (2017 film), Django'', directed by Etienne Comar, opened the festival. The Golden Bear ...
.
In September 2017,
Arrow Films released this version in a limited edition dual-format
DVD and
Blu-ray box set
A box set or (its original name) boxed set is a set of items (for example, a compilation of books, musical recordings, films or television programs) traditionally packaged in a box and offered for sale as a single unit.
Music
Artists and bands ...
in the UK. The UK release runs at the original speed of 25
frames per second.
In October 2018, The Criterion Collection released it on
DVD and
Blu-ray in the USA, slowed to 24 frames per second.
References
External links
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''Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day: The Utopia Channel''an essay by Moira Weigel at the Criterion Collection
1972 German television series debuts
1973 German television series endings
Television shows set in North Rhine-Westphalia
German-language television shows
Das Erste original programming
Grimme-Preis for fiction winners
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Films scored by Fuzzy (composer)
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