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Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

7.719721 seasonTV SeriesComedyDrama

The sprawling story of the everyday triumphs and travails of the young toolmaker Jochen and many of the people populating his world, including the woman he loves, his eccentric family, and his colleagues, with whom he bands together to improve conditions on the factory floor.

ProducersRainer Werner Fassbinder·Peter Märthesheimer

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Seasons & Episodes

E1
Jochen and Marion
Oct 29, 1972
E2
Oma and Gregor
Dec 27, 1972
E3
Franz and Ernst
Jan 21, 1973
E4
Harald and Monika
Feb 18, 1973
E5
Irmgard and Rolf
Mar 18, 1973

Cast

GJGottfried John
Gottfried John
Jochen Epp
WLWolfried Lier
Wolfried Lier
Wolf Epp
IHIrm Hermann
Irm Hermann
Irmgard Erlkönig
AB
Anita Bucher
Käthe Epp
WFWerner Finck
Werner Finck
Gregor Mack
HSHanna Schygulla
Hanna Schygulla
Marion Andreas
WSWolfgang Schenck
Wolfgang Schenck
Franz Miltenberger
RBRudolf Waldemar Brem
Rudolf Waldemar Brem
Rolf Schwein
WZ
Wolfgang Zerlett
Manfred Müller
GKGrigorios Karipidis
Grigorios Karipidis
Guiseppe Giuliano
HHHans Hirschmüller
Hans Hirschmüller
Jürgen Graf
TM
Thorsten Massinger
Manni Andreas

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Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day is streaming on Criterion Channel in United States. It's not currently on Netflix.

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How many seasons are in Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day?

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day has 1 season in total (5 episodes). The series concluded in 1973.

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Yes — all 5 episodes across 1 season of Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day are out and available to stream.

Is there a Season 2 of Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day?

No — Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day ended after 1 season, so there is no Season 2.