In 1686 Nella Oortman arrives in Amsterdam. There she marries the wealthy merchant Johannes Brandt. However, the marriage is not a success. Johannes is apparently not interested in Nella, has a strange relationship with his sister, keeps all kinds of things a secret from his wife and does business with the strange couple Frans and Agnes Meermans. To remedy her loneliness, Nella gets a giant dollhouse. Mysterious packages are systematically delivered to the dollhouse, leading Nella to suspect that even more dark secrets are being kept from her.