This film features Europe during her Vertigo Years, from 1900 - 1914. This pulsating era of creativity and contradictions manifested itself in different ways across Europe. This first part of a three-part series highlights the scientific marvels and technological achievements in Paris and Germany, the cultural and social upheavals in Great Britain and Vienna, and the political revolution sparking in Russia.

"As they do every year, a small group of acquaintances pay a visit to the remote, castle-like Water Mill House, home to the reclusive Fujinuma Kiichi, son of a famous artist, who has lived his life behind a rubber mask ever since a disfiguring car accident. This year, however, the visit is disrupted by an impossible disappearance, the theft of a painting, and a series of baffling murders. The brilliant Kiyoshi Shimada arrives to investigate. But will...