Studio Filmowe Tor + 10 more, Interfilm Production Studio, Studio Uljana Kim, Laokoon Filmgroup, Bielle Re, Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych, Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej, The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Ukrainian State Film Agency, Hungarian National Film Fund, Lithuanian Film Center
At the end of the 19th century, somewhere in the outskirts of the Russian Empire, a doctor administers a lethal overdose of ether to a young woman – the object of his desire. After getting away with his crime, he finds employment in a fortress, where he continues his experiments with ether to manage pain and manipulate human behaviour. Despite his evilness, it is not too late for his soul to be saved from eternal damnation…
