Vienna, 1948. The war is over and the citizens of Vienna struggle to rebuild their lives amid the rubble. Anna Beer returns to the city she fled 9 years earlier after discovering her husband's infidelity. Traveling on the same train is an 18 year old schoolboy summoned home to his stepfather's sickbed. As he and Anna navigate an unrecognizable city, they cross paths with an American journalist, a young servant girl, and a former POW.