The Miracle of Father Malachia
03/07/1961
"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.
Movie Information
Horst Bollmann
as Pater Malachias
Richard Münch
as Dr. Erwin Glass
Christiane Nielsen
as Helga Glass
Günter Pfitzmann
as Rudolf Reuschel
Brigitte Grothum
as Gussy
Karin Hübner
as Nelly Moorbach
Pinkas Braun
as Christian Krüger
Kurt Ehrhardt
as Bishop Willi Reuschel
Kurt Lauermann
as
Günter Strack
as Kaplan Merz
Ludwig Thiesen
as
Romuald Pekny
as Legat
Paul Edwin Roth
as
Senta Berger
as Yvonne Krüger
Charlotte Kerr
as Dr. Renate Kellinghus
Wolfgang Spier
as Herr Littmann
Vicco von Bülow
as Kauziger Professor
Walter Buschhoff
as Kripo-Beamter
Friedrich Schütter
as Fotograf
Günter Meisner
as Prediger
Sigrid von Richthofen
as Gräfin
Hans Helmut Dickow
as Specht
Ellen Umlauf
as
Heinz Lieven
as Polizeireferent
Herbert Stass
as Arbeiter
Renate Schacht
as
Willy Fueter
as
Hermann Hartmann
as
Emmy Burg
as
Maria Krahn
as
Peter Frank
as
Joachim Teege
as
