Involved in the pirate craft, Claus Störtebeker and his helper Michels can not leave the business, despite the deadly danger. Dreaming of a folk glory of Robin Hoods of Frisia, they attack Hanseatic vessels, committing crime after crime. But one day, having received a serious wound and caught between life and death, Claus reconsiders his life and his destiny. But it is not easy to get out of the pirate brotherhood and lose the halo of a national hero.