Der 42. Himmel plot
Wendelin Pfannenstiel (Walter Roderer) works at the information desk in Zurich Town Hall. His dream is to become a wedding officiant. When current wedding officiant Trautwein (Heinrich Gretler) retires, he names Wendelin as his successor. One day he meets Julia (Waltraut Haas) who is eager to marry her betrothed Marius (Ernst Stankovski). However, her fiancé is quite jealous, so the wedding is ultimately canceled. Wendelin decides to comfort Julia and falls in love with her. Then it becomes known that Wendelin has inherited a million-dollar fortune from his uncle in Australia.