The film tells of faithful devotion to spiritual ideals. It is based on Riga St. Anna Stocken's Life Story of the Cistercian Monastery of Mary Magdalene.
A young woman, Regina, has been killed in her apartment. Investigator Anderson holds Regina’s husband as a suspect for a murder because he is unable to remember his location at the time of the fateful event. Gradually, Anderson is convinced that Oto has not only killed his wife, but he also tries to hide his true identity – notorious criminal Schmit.
A young journalist Zane meets a man named Matīss who claims to have risen from the dead. Matīss offers Zane to write an article about him but in exchange he wants her to help him find his wife. Is Matīss a victim, a madman, or a skilled impostor?