Straccio, a young acrobat, wants to free his beloved Julia, held prisoner in the tyrant's castle. He designs a good plan, and develops it with the help of his three friends, Pietro, Bitonto, and Gatto Mammone. When he thinks he achieved both his ends - overthrowing Fregonese from power, and winning Julia's love - he finds that his countrymen cupidity for the tyrant's gold is more difficult to deal with.

4 Freunde im Kampf gegen den Tyrannen, der mit seiner Privatarmee ein hübsches Mädchen gefangenhält. Sie brauchen kein Schwarzpulver - sie haben soviel Dampf in den Fäusten, dass den Söldnern und ihrem Boss das Lachen vergeht.

Unos jóvenes acróbatas pretenden derrocar al tirano Fregonese para establecer una pequeña democracia y liberar a Edna de sus garras.