Principal cast
Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone, Al Pacino as Michael Corleone, James Caan as Sonny Corleone, Robert Duvall as Tom Hagen, and Richard S. Castellano as Clemenza
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The Godfather
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About the film
The Godfather at a glance.
Screen Path places this 1972 film at stop 3 in one curated journey through cinema. The learning experience adds context before you watch and deeper analysis after.
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.
Key craft credits
Gordon Willis (director of photography), Peter Zinner (editor), William Reynolds (editor), Nino Rota (original music composer), and Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay)
- Director
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Release
- 1972-03-14
- Runtime
- 175 minutes
- Genres
- Drama and Crime
- Country
- United States
- Quiz
- 25 questions
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