The nightmares that plague Udo Wieczorek in early childhood tell of high mountains and war. He suppresses them until they catch up with him years later. He embarks on a quest for clues, finds a familiar valley in South Tyrol, and wanders along old paths. Déjà-vus and terrifyingly realistic dreams ultimately lead him in 1997 to a discovery on a former battlefield. He finds what he had dreamed of the night before: the message of a dying soldier from the year 1915.