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When the aging head of a famous crime family decides to transfer his position to one of his subalterns, a series of unfortunate events start happening to the family, and a war begins between all the well-known families leading to insolence, deportation, murder and revenge, and ends with the favorable successor being finally chosen.
12 December 1943, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
17 October 1907, Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
26 March 1940, The Bronx, New York, USA
24 February 1913, Catania, Italy
4 September 1933, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
7 October 1927, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
24 January 1937, Niagara Falls, New York, USA
28 June 1937, Brooklyn, New York, USA
16 February 1939, Zagarolo, Lazio, Italy
26 January 1918, San Francisco, California, USA
28 December 1916, New York, USA
13 March 1926, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
3 April 1924, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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27 September 1923, Herkimer, New York, USA
13 March 1924, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
1 October 1912, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
5 January 1931, San Diego, California, USA
30 November 1954, Rome, Lazio, Italy
4 June 1930, Pleasantville, New York, USA
29 February 1936, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
5 January 1946, Los Angeles, California, USA
23 April 1935, Rome, Lazio, Italy
12 August 1935, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
24 February 1921, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
9 January 1913, Canicattini Bagni, Sicily, Italy
24 February 1928, New York City, New York, USA
24 March 1910, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
January 04, 2015
... its amber antique look, its misty-eyed, soft-hearted vision of honorable men battling for their shot at the American main chance as much a part of our collective iconography as ... Citizen Kane or ... The Great Gatsby.
February 22, 2015
I don't see how any gifted actor could have done less than Brando does here. His resident power, his sheer innate force, has rarely seemed weaker.
February 26, 2014
The Godfather is overflowing with life, rich with all the grand emotions and vital juices of existence, up to and including blood.
March 15, 2017
This is a curious film. One comes to understand, even to condone, the activities of the Godfather and his clan.
September 24, 2012
Brando's triumph and fascination is less that of an actor of parts than of a star galaxy of myths.
February 13, 2012
It's hard to find a moment in the film that isn't great. The Godfather lives up to the term masterpiece.
August 11, 2011
A defining film in the history of cinema, The Godfather introduced a legendary filmmaker and several acting greats in the telling of an Italian American dynasty undone by the tragic circumstances of their criminal exploits.
February 04, 2014
That lasting popularity isn't a fluke; the "Godfather" films stand the test of time because these aren't just movies, they're cultural touchstones.
February 26, 2014
This elegiac organised-crime saga from the young Francis Ford Coppola is one of the all-time high watermarks of American cinema, rich with subtle acting and blessed with stunning cinematography from Gordon Willis.
February 22, 2015
Brando is the strong magnet that will draw fans to The Godfather. But behind-the-scenes creativity is of equal value to this film of towering proportions.
March 11, 2015
It is a long (three hours), often exciting and always well-directed film about the struggle for survival of one of the five Mafia 'families,' the Corleones, in late 1940s New York.
