Richard Collier (Christopher Reeve) is a young writer and this night will prove to be very special for him. In addition to this being opening night for his first play, he will also meet someone who will change his life forever. This person is a very old woman, who hands him an antique watch and bids him to return with her somewhere. He is confused, but he simply cannot stop thinking about the incident and so he begins to research who she is. He soon learns that her name is Elise (Jane Seymour) and she was a popular stage performer in the early 1900s. His thoughts don't end with this inform…