Financial investors are buying the island where the Eden bar reappeared, and construct a casino that soon attracts crowds of people.

He travels to the island and prays for a second miracle that will end the frenzy, and is heard by God who returns the Eden bar to its original location.

He wrote the script together with the screenwriter Heinz Pauck, planning to not only adapt the original novel, but also to expose the "social structure of our saturated [society]" (German: "soziale Struktur unserer Sattheit").

[1] For the main role of Father Malachias Wicki cast the stage actor Horst Bollmann, who had never played in a film.

A small part of the footage showing monks and priests was shot in advance at the Eucharistical World Congress in Munich.

To increase the authenticity of the film Wicki used real brand names such Miele, König-Pilsener, Coca-Cola or Telefunken.

(German: "eine Art Messias ... dem es nicht mehr nur oblag, sich und anderen sein Talent, sondern gleichzeitig einer ganzen Branche ihre Existenzberechtigung zu beweisen").

Die Welt wrote that "the cinema of this country [Germany] is not yet finished" (German: "der Film dieses Landes nicht am Ende [sei]").

[3] It was also chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 34th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not manage to receive a nomination.