October 2018 was the four-hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War. The documentary traces the story of how it was finally brought to an end with the peace of Munster and Osnabruck – the first peace in European history to be concluded at the negotiating table and not fought on the battlefield.

1648: The Long Road to Peace

As two beach volleyball partners focus on personal matters and a championship tournament, a quirky figure disrupts their game on and off the court.