The Godfather

The Godfather

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1972175 min8.7 / 10

An operatic, meticulously crafted chronicle of power, loyalty, and moral corruption within a crime dynasty, grounded in intimate family bonds even as it charts a descent into darkness.

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.

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