A Ladder to the Sky

Maurice Swift, an ambitious young writer, discovers that the stories he needs to advance his career don't have to be his own. When he meets celebrated novelist Erich Ackermann in a Berlin hotel, he sees an opportunity to exploit the older man's loneliness and extract a story that will launch his name into literary prominence. But Maurice's calculated pursuit of borrowed tales sets him on a dark path where ambition and morality collide.