
Synopsis: Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
Title | The Godfather |
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Release Date | Mar 14, 1972 | Duration | 175 min. |
Genres | Drama, Crime |
Production Company | Paramount, Alfran Productions |
Production Countries | United States of America |
Casts | Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Richard S. Castellano, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Gianni Russo, Sterling Hayden, Al Lettieri, Abe Vigoda |
Plot Keywords | italy, loss of loved one, love at first sight, based on novel or book, europe, symbolism, patriarch, organized crime, mafia, lawyer, religion, revenge motive, crime family, sicilian mafia, religious hypocrisy, gun violence, rise to power, dead horse, gang violence, 1940s, 1950s, mafia war, part of trilogy |

Don Vito Corleone
Marlon Brando

Don Michael Corleone
Al Pacino

Santino 'Sonny' Corleone
James Caan

Tom Hagen
Robert Duvall

Pete Clemenza
Richard S. Castellano

Kay Adams
Diane Keaton

Constanzia 'Connie' Corleone-Rizzi
Talia Shire

Carlo Rizzi
Gianni Russo