Overview

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.

Created by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Network

• WDR Fernsehen

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Gottfried John

  Jochen Epp

  5 eps

• 

  Wolfried Lier

  Wolf Epp

  5 eps

• 

  Irm Hermann

  Irmgard Erlkönig

  5 eps

• Anita Bucher

  Käthe Epp

  5 eps

• 

Themes

• love at first sight
• factory worker
• cologne, germany
• solidarity
• trade union
• family relationships
• blue collar
• miniseries
• working class
• foosball
• comradeship
• west germany

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