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The film features a cast that was active within the European cinema circuit during that period:

The plot of “Stoßgebet für meinen Hammer” is deceptively simple. Frau Kellner (played by Uschi Karnat) takes her teenage daughter Inge to a local sauna. Although it is — a time typically reserved for women — a determined man insists on entering. After being given credit by a client (Christine Szenetra), Frau Kellner goes to the owner, Brandauer, to complain, but he remains indifferent. When she returns to the sauna, she discovers that her daughter has become involved in the events, and the situation grows increasingly “nasty” (as the IMDb summary succinctly puts it).

Short films like Stoßgebet für meinen Hammer were widespread in the 1970s, reflecting the era's distribution trends through regional cinema networks and early home video formats like Super 8. Today, such films are often viewed by historians as artifacts of the unique aesthetics and cultural shifts in West Germany following the liberalization of media laws. They serve as a record of the fashion, social attitudes, and production styles prevalent in that specific historical context.

A mother, Frau Kellner, brings her teenage daughter, Inge, to the sauna. Despite the female-only rule, an assertive male customer forces his way into the establishment.