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.
based on novel or bookloss of loved onelove at first sightitalygangstersymbolismpatriarcheuropeorganized crimemafiareligionrevenge motivecrime familysicilian mafiareligious hypocrisygun violencerise to powergang violence1940s1950smafia warserioustenseintenseexcitedbest picture winneroscar winner