Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day (1972)

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19721 Season100m episodes7.7

Comedy, Drama

TMDB7.7

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Runtime: 100m episodes
Genre: Comedy
Origin: DE

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A Family Series

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.

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Status: Ended
First aired: Oct 29, 1972
Network: WDR Fernsehen
Studio: WDR

Time to finish

8 hrs

5 episodes. About 2 weeks at an hour a night.

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Cast

Gottfried John

Jochen Epp

Wolfried Lier

Wolf Epp

Irm Hermann

Irmgard Erlkönig

Anita Bucher

Käthe Epp

Werner Finck

Gregor Mack

Hanna Schygulla

Marion Andreas

Wolfgang Schenck

Franz Miltenberger

Rudolf Waldemar Brem

Rolf Schwein

Wolfgang Zerlett

Manfred Müller

Grigorios Karipidis

Guiseppe Giuliano

Hans Hirschmüller

Jürgen Graf

Thorsten Massinger

Manni Andreas

Luise Ullrich

Oma Krüger

Karl Scheydt

Arbeiter Peter

Herb Andress

Rüdiger

Renate Roland

Monika Epp

SERIES

19721 Season100m episodes7.7

Comedy, Drama

TMDB7.7

Votes21

Your rating

Runtime: 100m episodes
Genre: Comedy
Origin: DE

About

A Family Series

Where to watch

Region

Stream

Criterion Channel

Availability from JustWatch via TMDB.

Episodes

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E1 · Airs Oct 29, 1972 · 1h 47m
Jochen and Marion
In Cologne lives the middle-class Epp family, where one son, Jochen, works in a tool factory and shares close comradeship with his colleagues. While out to purchase alcohol for a family gathering, Jochen meets the beautiful Marion Andreas, who has an office advertising job, a love affair between them develops.
E2 · Airs Dec 27, 1972 · 1h 45m
Oma and Gregor
Grandmother Oma spends time searching for an apartment she can afford with her new boyfriend Gregor, a gentleman she has picked up in a park. When they run across a library space being abandoned by town authorities, Oma comes up with the idea of taking it over as a kindergarten for the neighbourhood children with no place to play except the street. She and Gregor become do-it-yourself squatters.
E3 · Airs Jan 21, 1973 · 1h 37m
Franz and Ernst
The closely knit comrades at the factory have hoped that, after some training, Franz would replace the recently deceased foreman. But their office manager prefers to bring in an outsider, which causes tension.
E4 · Airs Feb 18, 1973 · 1h 35m
Harald and Monika
Prodded by a visit from Marion's strict mother, Jochen plans to marry Marion. Whereas tensions growing between Monika and the abusive Harald lead Monika to consider divorce.
E5 · Airs Mar 18, 1973 · 1h 34m
Irmgard and Rolf
With the news the factory is relocating, Jochen and Marion ask if they can switch apartments with Kathe and Wolf, to be closer to their respective jobs. And with this new inconvenience, the workers come up with a list of demands, including the seemingly impractical proposal that they arrange their own schedule rather than it being dictated by the bosses.

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: Oct 29, 1972
Network: WDR Fernsehen
Studio: WDR

Time to finish

8 hrs

5 episodes. About 2 weeks at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Cast

Gottfried John

Jochen Epp

Wolfried Lier

Wolf Epp

Irm Hermann

Irmgard Erlkönig

Anita Bucher

Käthe Epp

Werner Finck

Gregor Mack

Hanna Schygulla

Marion Andreas

Wolfgang Schenck

Franz Miltenberger

Rudolf Waldemar Brem

Rolf Schwein

Wolfgang Zerlett

Manfred Müller

Grigorios Karipidis

Guiseppe Giuliano

Hans Hirschmüller

Jürgen Graf

Thorsten Massinger

Manni Andreas

Luise Ullrich

Oma Krüger

Karl Scheydt

Arbeiter Peter

Herb Andress

Rüdiger

Renate Roland

Monika Epp

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