Il Corsaro Nero (The Black Pirate) stars Cico Verrati in the swashbuckling title role. Set during the Spanish war in Flanders, the story concerns two brothers who have been falsely accused of treason. Condemned to death, the siblings escape; one is recaptured and hanged, while the other, our man Nero (Verrati) vows to avenge his brother by becoming a bloodthirsty buccaneer. In the course of his subsequent adventures, Nero falls in love with Amy (Ada Biaghini), a high-born lady captured during a pirate raid. But when Amy turns out to be the daughter of the evil provincial governor (Nero Bernardi) responsible for her brother's death, he ends their relationship in an astonishingly brutal manner. Eventually triumphing over his enemies, Nero finds lasting happiness in the arms of feisty wench Onorata (Silvana Jachino).