A young literature student Andreas Alt (Mark Bellinghaus), works as a ghostwriter on the memoirs of a former, now elderly courtesan (Trude Breitschopf). Her granddaughter Josefine (Mia Martin) also lives in the dilapidated house with her. By reading the diary, reality and imagination mix in the imagination of the student, the roles of the two women. Attracted by the phantom of his desire, he finally succumbs to a false seduction.