
Würzburg, 1838. Despite the misgivings of his wife Ellen, who has been haunted by visions since childhood, Thomas travels to eastern Bohemia to close a real estate deal with the eccentric old Prince Orlok for the sake of promotion. The man becomes the prisoner of the treacherous prince, who turns out to be a blood-sucking undead, and meanwhile Ellen's affliction becomes more and more like an obsession.