Eight Hours Don't Make a Day

{{Expand German|topic=culture|date=July 2011|Acht Stunden sind kein Tag}}

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| runtime = 478 minutes

| starring = Gottfried John
Hanna Schygulla
Luise Ullrich
Werner Finck
Wolfgang Schenck
Kurt Raab
Renate Roland
Irm Hermann
Rudolf Waldemar Brem

| composer = Fuzzy

| cinematography = Dietrich Lohmann

| editor = Marie Anne Gerhardt

| country = West Germany

| network = Westdeutscher Rundfunk

| first_aired = {{Start date|df=y|1972|10|29}}

| last_aired = {{End date|df=y|1973|3|18}}

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 5

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Eight Hours Don't Make a Day ({{langx|de|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.{{cite web|url=http://ww2.fassbinderfoundation.de/node.php/en/news_detail/303|title=40 years ago: RWF's EIGHT HOURS ARE NOT A DAY|work=Fassbinder Foundation|date=15 December 2016|accessdate=15 December 2016}} The story follows a group of working-class people in Cologne, West Germany.{{cite web |url=https://jacobinmag.com/2021/08/fassbinder-and-the-red-army-faction |first=Meagan |last=Day |work=Jacobin |title=Fassbinder and the Red Army Faction |date=August 2, 2021 }}

Episodes

class="wikitable" ! style="background:#FFDEAD;" colspan=6 \| Episode guide
style="background:#efefef;" \| No. ! style="background:#efefef;" \| Title ! style="background:#efefef;" \| First aired ! style="background:#efefef;" \| Runtime (mins.) ! style="background:#efefef;" \| Synopsis
align = "center" \|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.
align = "center" \|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.
align = "center" \|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.
align = "center" \|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.
align = "center" \|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.

class="wikitable"

! style="background:#FFDEAD;" colspan=6 | Episode guide

style="background:#efefef;" | No.

! style="background:#efefef;" | Title

! style="background:#efefef;" | First aired

! style="background:#efefef;" | Runtime (mins.)

! style="background:#efefef;" | Synopsis

align = "center" |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.

align = "center" |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.

align = "center" |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.

align = "center" |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.

align = "center" |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.

Cast

;All episodes

Gottfried John as Jochen Epp
Hanna Schygulla as Marion Andreas
Luise Ulrich as Oma Krüger
Werner Finck as Gregor Mack
Irm Hermann as Irmgard Erlkönig
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
Herb Andress as Rüdiger
Thorsten Massinger as Manni Andreas

Kurt Raab as Harald (4 episodes)
El Hedi ben Salem (uncredited) as Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter (4 episodes)
Ruth Drexel as Frau Miltenberger (3 episodes)
Christine Oesterlein as Tante Klara (2 episodes)
Brigitte Mira as Marions Mutter, Frau Andreas (1 episode)
Peter Gauhe as Ernst Friedrich (1 episode)
Victor Curland as Meister Fritz Kretzschmer (1 episode)
Klaus Löwitsch as Dr. Betram (1 episode)
Rudolf Lenz as Vermieter Mattes (1 episode)
Hans Gromball as Betrüger (1 episode)
Valeska Gert as Die andere Oma (1 episode)
Margit Carstensen as Hausfrau (1 episode)
Ulli Lommel as Peter (1 episode)
Eva Mattes as Beschwippste Freundin (1 episode)
Lilo Pempeit as Hausfrau Müller (1 episode)
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/wettbewerb/wettbewerb-presse-detail_34708.html|title=Aki Kaurismäki, Oren Moverman, Agnieszka Holland, Andres Veiel, and Sally Potter – First Films for the Competition of the Berlinale 2017|work=Berlinale|date=15 December 2016|accessdate=15 December 2016}} In September 2017, Arrow Films released this version in a limited edition dual-format DVD and Blu-ray box set in the UK.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eight-Hours-Dont-Make-a-Day-Blu-ray/dp/B072NZDZXX|title=Amazon.co.uk|website=Amazon UK |accessdate=16 April 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=21215|title=Upcoming Arrow Academy Blu-ray Releases|work=Blu-ray.com|date=25 April 2017|accessdate=16 April 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Eight-Hours-Dont-Make-a-Day-Blu-ray/176990/|title=Eight Hours Don't Make a Day Blu-ray|work=Blu-ray.com|accessdate=16 April 2020}} The UK release runs at the original speed of 25 frames per second.{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=45652|title=Eight Hours Don't Make a Day: A Family Series AKA Acht Stunden sind kein Tag AKA Eight Hours Are Not a Day (TV) (Blu-ray) (1972-1973)|work=Rewind|accessdate=16 April 2020}} In October 2018, The Criterion Collection released it on DVD and Blu-ray in the USA, slowed to 24 frames per second.{{cite web|url=https://www.criterion.com/films/29400-eight-hours-don-t-make-a-day|title=Criterion|date=16 July 2018|accessdate=16 July 2018}}

References

External links

{{IMDb title|0068028}}
[https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/5972-eight-hours-don-t-make-a-day-the-utopia-channel Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day: The Utopia Channel] an essay by Moira Weigel at the Criterion Collection

Category:1972 German television series debuts

Category:1973 German television series endings

Category:Television shows set in North Rhine-Westphalia

Category:German-language television shows

Category:Das Erste original programming

Category:Grimme-Preis for fiction winners

Category:Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Category:Films scored by Fuzzy (composer)