Prague 1945. After a hasty escape to his old homeland, young Czech-German Honsa finds shelter with the attractive and mysterious Lenka. What initially looks like a happy escape quickly turns into a nightmare of mysterious occurrences.

Who is the odd boy Honsa keeps bumping into? And what about the aged coroner Dr. Pavelik, who offers Honsa work and help, but then seems to show a hidden hostility towards him?

When Honsa decides to get to the bottom of things, he becomes ever more entangled in a dark story that ends with him becoming part of a horrific truth that has been hidden just too long.

Based on a novel by Jan Hellstern