In 1916 an orphaned young man named Peter (Colin Farrell) tries to steal a mansion thinking that no one is inside. But he discovers the presence of Beverly (Jessica Brown Findlay) and they fall in love. They have to face difficult challenges to save their love.
Peter Lake (Colin Farrell) is a master thief, who never expected to have his own heart stolen by the beautiful Beverly Penn (Brown Findlay). But she burns with a deadly form of consumption, and Peter has been marked for a much more violent death by his one-time mentor, the demonic Pearly Soames (Russel Crowe). Peter desperately tries to save his one true love, across time, against the forces of darkness, even as Pearly does everything in his power to take him down.