Hermut S. Müller

Emil Stein leads a secluded life in a world filled with dolls. One evening, a boy asks Emil to hide him. When the boy's father goes out drinking with the Devil, you never know which one will come home.

A severely injured man lies in the snow-capped mountains; the next settlement which could offer warmth and shelter from the wind and snow is too far to reach on foot. In a flashback, the dying man relives the last year of his life - a life full of adventure, danger and his daily struggle to survive in a harsh and frightening world.