Eight Hours Don't Make a Day

Starring: Gottfried John and Hanna Schygulla

Product Description

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 (Gottfried John) and many of the people populating his world,...

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 715515222211
• Release Date: January 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Criterion Collection
• Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
• Starring: Gottfried John, Hanna Schygulla
• Runtime: 8 hours, 15 minutes
• Number of Disks: 3
• Other Video Info: NTSC; Subtitled
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.4" x 7.5" x 0.7"