Eight Hours Don't Make a Day

Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (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.

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. In September 2017, Arrow Films released this version in a limited edition dual-format DVD and Blu-ray box set 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.