Wisborg, Germany, 1838. Saddled by his superior with the urgent task of sealing a land deal, newlywed estate agent Thomas Hutter reluctantly abandons his worried wife, Ellen, in hopes of securing his position in the firm.

As a respected researcher and physician, Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, the grandson of the more famous Dr. Victor Frankenstein, who did experiments on bringing back the dead, tries to disassociate himself from his more famous relative.