Directed by:
Francis Ford CoppolaCinematography:
Gordon WillisComposer:
Nino RotaCast:
Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard S. Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte, Al Lettieri, Diane Keaton, Abe Vigoda (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Popularly viewed as one of the best American films ever made, the multi-generational crime saga The Godfather (1972) is a touchstone of cinema: one of the most widely imitated, quoted, and lampooned movies of all time. Marlon Brando and Al Pacino star as Vito Corleone and his youngest son, Michael, respectively. It is the late 1940s in New York and Corleone is, in the parlance of organized crime, a "godfather" or "don," the head of a Mafia family. Michael, a free thinker who defied his father by enlisting in the Marines to fight in World War II, has returned a captain and a war hero. Having long ago rejected the family business, Michael shows up at the wedding of his sister, Connie (Talia Shire), with his non-Italian girlfriend, Kay (Diane Keaton), who learns for the first time about the family "business." A few months later at Christmas time, the don barely survives being shot by gunmen in the employ of a drug-trafficking rival whose request for aid from the Corleones' political connections was rejected. After saving his father from a second assassination attempt, Michael persuades his hotheaded eldest brother, Sonny (James Caan), and family advisors Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall) and Sal Tessio (Abe Vigoda) that he should be the one to exact revenge on the men responsible. After murdering a corrupt police captain and the drug trafficker, Michael hides out in Sicily while a gang war erupts at home. Falling in love with a local girl, Michael marries her, but she is later slain by Corleone enemies in an attempt on Michael's life. Sonny is also butchered, having been betrayed by Connie's husband. As Michael returns home and convinces Kay to marry him, his father recovers and makes peace with his rivals, realizing that another powerful don was pulling the strings behind the narcotics endeavor that began the gang warfare. Once Michael has been groomed as the new don, he leads the family to a new era of prosperity, then launches a campaign of murderous revenge against those who once tried to wipe out the Corleones, consolidating his family's power and completing his own moral downfall. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Soundtracks
Il Padrino (Der Pate) / Tschaikowskijana
Nr. 1 in Italien
Label: Metronome
Year: 1972
Country: Germany
Format: LP
Length: 05:30
Notes: Performed by Santo & Johnny.
1. | SIDE A: Il Padrino (Der Pate) | Nino Rota | 03:00 |
2. | SIDE B: NOT IN FILM: Tschaikowskijana | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 02:30 |
El Padrino (The Godfather)
Banda Sonora Original de La Pelicula
Label: Paramount Records
Year: 1972
Country: Spain
Format: LP
Length: 05:07
El Padrino: Tema de Amor / Tema Principal
Musica de la Pelicula
Label: Discophon
Year: 1972
Country: Spain
Format: LP
Il Padrino (The Godfather): Love Theme from "The Godfather"
Tema Dalla Colonna Sonora del Film
Label: Joker
Year: 1972
Country: Italy
Format: LP
Parla Più Piano / Ò Marenariello
Temi dal Film
Label: Columbia
Year: 1972
Country: Italy
Format: LP
Notes: Performed by Rico Lanza.
1. | SIDE A: Parla Più Piano | Nino Rota | |
2. | SIDE B: "Ò Marenariello" - Salvatore Gambardella |
Il Padrino / Papa'
Tema dal Film
Label: RCA Italiana
Year: 1972
Country: Italy
Format: LP
Length: 06:34
Notes: Performed by Paolo Ormi.
1. | SIDE A: Tema Dal Film "Il Padrino" | Nino Rota | 02:49 |
2. | SIDE B: NOT IN FILM: Papa' | 03:45 |
Il Padrino (The Godfather)
Tema del Film
Label: Variety
Year: 1972
Country: Italy
Format: LP
Length: 06:20
Notes: Performed by Augusto Martelli.
1. | SIDE A: Il Padrino (The Godfather) | Nino Rota | 03:14 |
2. | SIDE B: NOT IN FILM: Chichiriviche Beach | 03:06 |
Il Padrino / Quei Giorni Insieme a Te
Tema del Film
Label: Arista
Year: 1972
Country: Italy
Format: LP
Notes: Performed by Ornella Vanoni.
1. | SIDE A: THE GODFATHER: Parla Più Piano (Love Theme From "The Godfather") | Nino Rota | |
2. | SIDE B: NON SI SEVIZIA UN PAPERINO: "Quei Giorni Insieme A Te" - Ornella Vanoni | Riz Ortolani |
Music from The Godfather
Label: RCA Camden
Year: 1972
Country: USA
Format: LP
Length: 18:51
1. | SIDE A: Main Title (The Godfather Waltz) | Nino Rota | 03:35 |
2. | "I Have But One Heart" - Rudy Cellini | 02:57 | |
3. | The Pickup | Nino Rota | 02:56 |
4. | Connie's Wedding | Carmine Coppola | 01:33 |
5. | Luna Mezzo Mare (Trad.) | Nino Rota | 02:37 |
6. | SIDE B: Love Theme From The Godfather | Nino Rota | 02:00 |
7. | Michael's Theme | Nino Rota | 01:51 |
8. | The Baptism | Nino Rota | 01:22 |
9. | Apollonia | Nino Rota |
The Godfather
Music from the Motion Picture
Label: Pickwick/33 Records
Year: 1972
Country: USA
Format: LP
Length: 25:33
1. | SIDE A: Main Title (The Godfather Waltz) | Nino Rota | 03:16 |
2. | Vicin' 'O Mare | Nino Rota | 02:16 |
3. | The Pick Up | Nino Rota | 03:16 |
4. | Connie's Wedding | Carmine Coppola | 01:31 |
5. | The Halls Of Fear | Nino Rota | 02:30 |
6. | SIDE B: Sicilian Pastorale | Nino Rota | 03:04 |
7. | Love Theme From Godfather | Nino Rota | 02:40 |
8. | The Godfather Waltz | Nino Rota | 03:46 |
9. | Apollonia | Nino Rota | 01:24 |
10. | The New Godfather | Nino Rota | 01:50 |
Love Theme from "The Godfather" / The Godfather Waltz (Main Title)
LP Single
Label: Paramount Records
Year: 1972
Country: Germany
Format: LP
Length: 05:07
Il Padrino
Colonna Sonora Originale
Label: Paramount Records
Year: 1972
Country: Italy
Format: digital
Notes: Carlo Savina is an artist.
Der Pate
Melodien aus dem Gleichnamigen Paramount Film
Label: Metronome
Year: 1972
Country: Germany
Format: LP
1. | SIDE A: Main Title (The Godfather Waltz) | Nino Rota | |
2. | Love Theme (Sag Ja Zu Mir) | Nino Rota | |
3. | The New Godfather | Nino Rota | |
4. | "I Have But One Heart (Mein Lied Heisst Heimweh)" - Bob Byrnes | Nino Rota | |
5. | The Pickup | Nino Rota | |
6. | The Baptism | Nino Rota | |
7. | Side B: Sicilian Pastorale | Nino Rota | |
8. | The Godfather Waltz | Nino Rota | |
9. | Apollonia | Nino Rota | |
10. | Connie's Wedding | Carmine Coppola | |
11. | The Halls Of Fear | Nino Rota | |
12. | Godfather Finale | Nino Rota |
Le Parrain
Musique du Film
Label: Musidisc
Year: 1972
Country: France
Format: LP
Length: 31:00
1. | SIDE A: The Godfather Waltz (Main Title) | Nino Rota | 03:04 |
2. | "I Have But One Heart" - Al Martino | 02:57 | |
3. | The Pickup | Nino Rota | 02:56 |
4. | Connie's Wedding | Carmine Coppola | 01:33 |
5. | The Halls Of Fear | Nino Rota | 02:12 |
6. | Sicilian Pastorale | Nino Rota | 03:03 |
7. | SIDE B: Love Theme From The Godfather | Nino Rota | 02:37 |
8. | The Godfather Waltz | Nino Rota | 03:35 |
9. | Apollonia | Nino Rota | 01:22 |
10. | The New Godfather - Michael's Theme | Nino Rota | 02:00 |
11. | The Baptism | Nino Rota | 01:51 |
12. | Finale | Nino Rota | 03:50 |
The Godfather
Original Soundtrack Recording
Label: Paramount Records
Year: 1972
Country: USA
Format: LP
Length: 31:00
1. | SIDE A: Main Title (Godfather Waltz) | Nino Rota | 03:04 |
2. | "I Have But One Heart" - Al Martino | 02:57 | |
3. | The Pickup | Nino Rota | 02:56 |
4. | Connie's Wedding | Carmine Coppola | 01:33 |
5. | The Halls Of Fear | Nino Rota | 02:12 |
6. | Sicilian Pastorale | Nino Rota | 03:03 |
7. | SIDE B: Love Theme From The Godfather | Nino Rota | 02:37 |
8. | The Godfather Waltz | Nino Rota | 03:35 |
9. | Apollonia | Nino Rota | 01:22 |
10. | The New Godfather | Nino Rota | 02:00 |
11. | The Baptism | Nino Rota | 01:51 |
12. | The Godfather Finale | Nino Rota | 03:50 |
Le Parrain
Love Theme from "The Godfather"
Label: Disques Vogue
Year: 1972
Country: France
Format: LP
Length: 05:45
Notes: The Godfathers is an artist.
Speak Softly Love / I Have but One Heart
Label: Capitol
Year: 1972
Country: Germany
Format: LP
1. | SIDE A: Speak Softly Love | Nino Rota | |
2. | SIDE B: "I Have But One Heart" - Al Martino |
Tema de Amor do Filme "O Padrinho"
Label: Ariston
Year: 1972
Country: Portugal
Format: LP
Length: 05:08
Notes: Performed by Ornella Vanoni.
ゴッド ファーザー
Label: Seven Seas / Ariston
Year: 1972
Country: Japan
Format: LP
Length: 05:05
Notes: Performed by Ornella Vanoni.
Tema del Film Il Padrino
Label: Ariston
Year: 1972
Country: Italy
Format: LP
Length: 05:08
Notes: Performed by Ornella Vanoni.