The regular life of chimney sweep Marvin is shaken up. A new woman, a forbidden love. The ghosts he calls haunt him, in dreams, in delusions, during the day. And even his deceased father will not give him peace. A sooty story above the rooftops of Cologne.
A highway at night. A rest stop with a snack bar. A man and a woman cross paths and nod. Who is up and about at this time of night? At the next stop, the same thing happens. A coincidence? One wonders what the two want.
Sarajevo, late June 1914: A Serbian nationalist shoots the Austro-Hungarian heir to the throne and his wife. A few weeks later, war raged in Europe with devastating consequences.
