One evening, as Robert rubs his eyes while watching television, he finds himself right in the middle of the scene on the screen: It is winter, a rebellion is being violently suppressed, and Robert takes refuge in a pharmacy. There he meets Olga, who takes him in, and he learns where he has ended up: in Novosibirsk in the year 1956. For Robert, a time travel adventure begins, taking him further back to the year 1621. It leads him across Europe and all the way to Australia; to the time of the rising National Socialism, during the Thirty Years' War, and to many other historical epochs and locations. An extraordinary adventure in which Robert learns much more than the lifeless dates from history books can convey.