The Miracle of Father Malachia
Das Wunder des Malachias
Release: 1961-07-03
·Runtime: 122m
·★ 4.9
Comedy
"Wunderbar" takes on a new meaning in this routine satire by Bernhard Wicki about a bar that is miraculously transported by God Himself to a nearby, new location on an island. The nature of the miracle is a bit strange, but it comes in answer to Pater Malachias' prayers to get the sin-ridden place out of the center of the city. The good and naive Malachias is subtly played by Horst Bollimann. Once this miracle of relocation has occurred, the sharks and entrepreneurs, who would bilk both the faithful and the curiosity-seekers alike, crop up like an unwanted epidemic. The mercenary and the sacred clash, as many try to find deeper meaning in what has happened, and Pater Malachias starts to doubt the wisdom of his original prayer.
Production Countries
Germany
Production Companies
Deutsche Film Hansa
Cast
Willy Fueter
Christiane Nielsen
as Helga Glass
Richard Münch
as Dr. Erwin Glass
Karin Hübner
as Nelly Moorbach
Kurt Ehrhardt
as Bishop Willi Reuschel
Charlotte Kerr
as Dr. Renate Kellinghus
Friedrich Schütter
as Fotograf
Günter Pfitzmann
as Rudolf Reuschel
Pinkas Braun
as Christian Krüger
Paul Edwin Roth
Brigitte Grothum
as Gussy
Hans Helmut Dickow
as Specht
Heinz Lieven
as Polizeireferent
Senta Berger
as Yvonne Krüger
Peter Frank
Joachim Teege
Horst Bollmann
as Pater Malachias
Günter Strack
as Kaplan Merz
Wolfgang Spier
as Herr Littmann
Günter Meisner
as Prediger
Vicco von Bülow
as Kauziger Professor
Walter Buschhoff
as Kripo-Beamter
Sigrid von Richthofen
as Gräfin
