改编自吕迪格·伯特伦的同名小说，灵感来源于1940年二战期间发生的真实事件。讲述躲避纳粹的德国记者路德维希携12岁儿子罗尔夫欲前往纽约投奔妻子，途中父亲被抓，罗尔夫与引路的西班牙少女努里亚结伴穿越西法边界比利牛斯山脉千里寻亲。导演托比亚斯·维曼发挥其擅长公路片题材，在迫害和逃亡的严肃背景下反其道而行之，将历史的残酷与厚重感浓缩于充满悬念的轻喜剧中，于广阔壮丽的自然风景中。在惊心动魄的逃亡之旅中辅以轻松明快的基调，展示孩子们不得不独自逃离战争、超越自我的勇气。

Retirees Karin, Gerhard and Philippa are not in the mood for Nordic walking and seniors' courses at the university. When Philippa, who is living life to the full as Leonie's godmother, helps the two to unexpected grandparenthood, they suddenly have two "lively" god-grandchildren to look after, a huge bouncy castle standing in the garden and Lego bricks stuck to their feet.

暑假期间，三个朋友即将一起去罗马尼亚旅行，在那里他们可以完成由负责特效的彼得的父亲安排的《德古拉崛起》电影片场的实习。拍摄期间。他们一抵达特兰西瓦尼亚，科德里纳伯爵夫人的古老城堡（电影的原始场景）就开始发生神秘事件。三位侦探想要查明这一切与一个失踪 50 多年的男孩、一个神秘的兄弟情谊和一个神秘的不死生物有何关系。很快，不仅拍摄工作和彼得与父亲的关系受到威胁，三位调查员的友谊也受到威胁。

A call for help from gallery owner Mr. Prentice leads the three detectives into a new adventure: his apartment is said to be haunted. When the Carpathian dog, a valuable work of art, is also stolen, events spiral out of control because all the residents have a motive. As the suspects are eliminated one by one, the three detectives find themselves in the middle of their most exciting case yet.