Freifrau Henriette von Sydeck, dead since 1918 and on the move as a ghost, moves in with the stingy copywriter Benedict von Weber and stirs up his life. Her own life is also shaken up, for the previous 70 years Henriette has spent the previous 70 years in a tower room of an old villa and modern life was unknown to her until now. Carla is Ben's ex-wife.