Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day: A Series Becomes a Family Reunion

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day: A Series Becomes a Family Reunion

Directed by Juliane Lorenz
2017 42 min Germany Short Film

Synopsis

Documentary about the making of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1972 German television series EIGHT HOURS DON'T MAKE A DAY, featuring interviews with actors Hanna Schygulla, Irm Hermann, Wolfgang Schenck, and Hans Hirschmüller.

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Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day: A Series Becomes a Family Reunion

Selected 2017

Language: DE

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