When Elliott Davis (Gunther Brandl) checks in to the Desdemona Hotel for one night, we gather that he is a friendly insurance agent. All he wants is some peace and quiet and he achieves this however not easily by the bizarre hotel personnel and the strange room. Elliott has a cold and experiences endless nightmares in which strange visions appear. The odd Nathan (Martin Eherer) and the obscure Regina (Carolina Rath) appear tempting Elliott into further doubt. Is the doubt becoming enflamed? Or is everything out of reality? Who is this nearly sympathetic Grzegorz (Vlasto Peyitch) with the butcher's knife?The question is soon answered because it marks only the beginning of what is to come. With every minute Elliott is pulled into a pull of surrealism. The lines between reality and fiction blur. Elliott is on a journey through his deep thoughts. Thoughts that perhaps want to be set free...