Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day background

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

Acht Stunden sind kein Tag (original)

Commissioned to make a working-class family drama for public television, up-and-coming director Rainer Werner Fassbinder took the assignment and ran, dodging expectations by depicting social realities in West Germany from a critical—yet far from cynical—perspective. Over the course of five episodes, the sprawling story tracks 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 fellow workers, with whom he bands together to improve conditions on the factory floor.

Spoken language: de
Commissioned to make a working-class family drama for public television, up-and-coming director Rainer Werner Fassbinder took the assignment and ran, dodging expectations by depicting social realities in West Germany from a cr... Read more

It's a drama and comedy show, and has a rating of 8.3 out of 10 from Imdb which is very high for this kind of show.

Watch it here

Not found streaming from Sweden.

More like this

M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H (1972)
8.4Drama 

256 episodes on
Disney+
Skål
Skål (1982)
8Drama 

278 episodes on
Viaplay
Pantertanter
Pantertanter (1985)
8.2Comedy 

205 episodes on
Disney+ +1
Vänner
Vänner (1994)
8.9Drama 

236 episodes on
HBO Max
Quantum Leap
Quantum Leap (1989)
8.2Action & Adventure 

106 episodes on
SkyShowtime +1
Mr. Lucky
Mr. Lucky (1959)
7.8Drama 

34 episodes on
Amazon Prime
Mitt så kallade liv
Mitt så kallade liv (1994)
8.4Drama 

19 episodes on
Disney+
Fresh Prince i Bel Air
Fresh Prince i Bel Air (1990)
7.9Drama 

149 episodes on
HBO Max
Six Feet Under
Six Feet Under (2001)
8.7Drama 

89 episodes on
Netflix +1
ALF
ALF (1986)
7.4Drama 

102 episodes on
HBO Max
The Darling Buds of May
The Darling Buds of May (1991)
7.8Drama 

20 episodes on
C More
The Office
The Office (2001)
8.5Drama 

24 episodes on
HBO Max +2
House
House (2004)
8.7Drama 

178 episodes on
Netflix +3
Cityakuten
Cityakuten (1994)
7.9Drama 

334 episodes on
HBO Max
Cold Feet
Cold Feet (1998)
8.2Drama 

64 episodes on
Disney+
An error has occurred. This application may no longer respond until reloaded. Reload 🗙