Mario Mariani

Le célèbre bandit Filibus, homme ou femme nul ne le sait, surnommé le Pirate des airs car il utilise un vaisseau aérien extraordinaire pour ses méfaits, défraie la chronique : il a réussi divers cambriolages en échappant toujours à la police. Le détective Hardy se jure de le capturer. Relevant le défi et désireux de discréditer son adversaire, le criminel projette de faire passer aux yeux de tous Hardy pour... Filibus !

The newly-settled city of Venice in the Sixth Century AD: A wandering people struggle to establish Christian Theocracy. Basiliola Faledro, an exotic dancer, wicked and cunning, arrives from faraway lands seeking to avenge her pagan lineage; Her father and brothers blinded and humilated by frenzied zealots. Her primary targets are the brothers Gràtico, both newly-elected to positions of power: One, Marco, an arbiter and tribune, the other, Sergio, a bishop. The title refers to a bold pronouncement made by Deaconess Ema Gràtico to her subjects the Venetians, a seafaring and desperate tribe-- That their native homeland is aboard a ship.

A costume drama from Roman times. Three out of the original six reels survive.