The Godfather (1972)

175 min · Family Saga, Justice Drama, Mafia Film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, epic film, gangster film, historical drama film, historical film, police procedural film, suspense film, thriller film

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Directors

Francis Ford Coppola

Cast

Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard S. Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, Richard Conte, Al Lettieri, Diane Keaton, Abe Vigoda, Talia Shire, Gianni Russo, John Cazale, John Marley, Rudy Bond, Al Martino, Simonetta Stefanelli, Victor Rendina, Tony Giorgio, Morgana King, Alex Rocco

The story

In the mid-1940s, Michael Corleone is a World War II veteran and the youngest son of Don Vito Corleone. Vito is head of the Corleone mafia family and runs it with his eldest son Santino Sonny and adopted son Tom Hagen, a lawyer who is the family's consigliere. At his sister Connie's wedding to Carlo Rizzi, Michael introduces his family to his girlfriend, Kay Adams.

Catalogue themes and tags

1940s, 1950s, Assassination, Attempted Murder, Bestechung, Blackmail, Brother, Brother Brother Relationship, Bullet, Car Bomb, Coercion, Cousin, Drogenboß, Drug Traffic, Drugs, Ermordung, Familie, Family Clan, Funeral, Gang Leader, Gang War, Gangster Honor, Gangsterboss, Gaunerpaar, Geld, Geschwister, Godchild, Godmother, Hochzeit, Horse's Head, Italy, Loss of Father, Love at First Sight, Mafia, Messer, New York, Patriarch, Pistole, Police, Power, Rach, Reichtum, Ritual, Roll, Sicily, Star-Rechtsanwalt, Trap, Verlust des Bruders, Verlust des Sohnes, Violence in Family, vater-sohn, verrat, war on drugs, Crime Fiction, Gangster Film, Crime Drama, Family Drama, Period piece, Drama, Film adaptation, New Hollywood

Genres

Family Saga, Justice Drama, Mafia Film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, epic film, gangster film, historical drama film, historical film, police procedural film, suspense film, thriller film

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