---
title: 'The Miracle of Father Malachia (1961)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bernhard Wicki'
released: '1961-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 122
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-miracle-of-father-malachia-1961'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055183/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Miracle of Father Malachia (1961)

1961 · 122 min · Comedy · Germany

Original title: Das Wunder des Malachias

## Synopsis

The Miracle of Father Malachia is a 1961 West German black-and-white film directed by Bernhard Wicki and starring Horst Bollmann. The film is based on Bruce Marshall's 1931 novel Father Malachy's Miracle and tells the story of a supposed miracle in a West German town that is soon exploited and sensationalized by the media and profiteers. The film won several awards and was the official West German submission to the 34th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bernhard Wicki](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernhard-wicki)
- **Screenplay:** [Bernhard Wicki](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernhard-wicki), [Heinz Pauck](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-pauck)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hans-Martin Majewski](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-martin-majewski)
- **Producer:** [Otto Meissner](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-meissner)
- **Director of Photography:** [Klaus von Rautenfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-von-rautenfeld)
- **Editor:** [Carl Otto Bartning](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-otto-bartning)

## Cast

- [Günter Meisner](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunter-meisner)
- [Walter Buschhoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-buschhoff)
- [Senta Berger](https://cinepixo.com/people/senta-berger)
- [Joachim Teege](https://cinepixo.com/people/joachim-teege)
- [Loriot](https://cinepixo.com/people/loriot)
- [Wolfgang Spier](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-spier)
- [Friedrich Schoenfelder](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-schoenfelder)
- [Paul Edwin Roth](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-edwin-roth)
- [Kurt Ehrhardt](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-ehrhardt)
- [Joachim Rake](https://cinepixo.com/people/joachim-rake)
- [Romuald Pekny](https://cinepixo.com/people/romuald-pekny)
- [Ellen Umlauf](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellen-umlauf)
- [Charlotte Kerr](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlotte-kerr)
- [Günter Pfitzmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunter-pfitzmann)
- [Ludwig Thiesen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ludwig-thiesen)

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