In his childhood the little boy Nathanael has to witness how his father was murdered by an alchemist called Coppelius. As an adult, Nathanael believes his father’s murderer to be a salesman for glasses. Despite all the warnings of his fiancé, Klara, not to believe in the force of evil, Nathanael delves into his paranoia. When he buys a telescope from the salesman and takes a look through it, he sees the beautiful Olympia and falls in love with her, not realizing the steps he takes into his decay.

Andreas Dahn (Director), Benjamin Wieg (Camera) and Jurek Kuttner (SetDesign) finished their diploma with this film. The film was produced by FFL Film- und Fernseh-Labor in Coproduction with the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg.