Three sisters aged between seven and 15, who live alone as their mother vanishes for whole swathes of time, and when social services demand a family meeting, the eldest sister, Laura, plans to find a stand-in for their mother.
布特(古斯塔夫·冯·沃根海姆 Gustav von Wangenheim 饰)是一家不来梅地产公司的职员,受公司委派去一座古堡与诺斯费拉图伯爵(马科斯·夏瑞克 Max Schreck 饰)做房屋买卖交易,但是在古堡附近的旅店投宿时,人们得知他目的地的反应都很奇怪。到了古堡,见到面目枯槁、行为古怪的诺斯费拉图伯爵,也得知他昼伏夜出的生活习惯,布特对他的身份…