---
title: 'The Godfather (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Francis Ford Coppola'
released: '1972-03-15'
runtime_minutes: 175
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-godfather-1972'
review_count: 1
fandom_rating: '9.00/10'
fandom_stars: '4.50/5'
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Godfather (1972)

1972 · R · 175 min · Drama, Adventure, Crime, Thriller, History · Italy, United States

Part of: The Godfather

## Synopsis

The Godfather is a 1972 American epic gangster film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte and Diane Keaton. It is the first installment in The Godfather trilogy, which chronicles the Corleone family under patriarch Vito Corleone (Brando) and the transformation of his youngest son, Michael Corleone (Pacino), from reluctant family outsider to ruthless Mafia boss.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Francis Ford Coppola](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-ford-coppola)
- **Screenplay:** [Francis Ford Coppola](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-ford-coppola), [Mario Puzo](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-puzo)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nino Rota](https://cinepixo.com/people/nino-rota)
- **Producer:** [Albert S. Ruddy](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-s-ruddy)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gordon Willis](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-willis)
- **Editor:** [Peter Zinner](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-zinner), [William H. Reynolds](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-h-reynolds)

## Cast

- [Johnny Martino](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnny-martino) as Paulie Gatto
- [Salvatore Corsitto](https://cinepixo.com/people/salvatore-corsitto) as Amerigo Bonasera
- [Al Lettieri](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-lettieri) as Virgil Sollozzo
- [Tony King](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-king) as Tony
- [Al Pacino](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-pacino) as Michael Corleone
- [Corrado Gaipa](https://cinepixo.com/people/corrado-gaipa) as Don Tommasino
- [Lenny Montana](https://cinepixo.com/people/lenny-montana) as Luca Brasi
- [Al Martino](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-martino) as Johnny Fontane
- [Raymond Martino](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-martino) as Corleone Family Member
- [Angelo Infanti](https://cinepixo.com/people/angelo-infanti) as Fabrizio
- [Gianni Russo](https://cinepixo.com/people/gianni-russo) as Carlo Rizzi
- [James Caan](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-caan) as Sonny Corleone
- [Sterling Hayden](https://cinepixo.com/people/sterling-hayden) as Mark McCluskey
- [Tere Livrano](https://cinepixo.com/people/tere-livrano) as Theresa Hagen
- [Richard Bright](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-bright) as Al Neri

## Criticism on CinePixo

Fandom rating: **9.00/10** (4.50 of 5) from 1 review — the plain average of every published rating.

- **9.0/10** — [Power in a Whisper, Blood in the Wallpaper](https://cinepixo.com/reviews/power-in-a-whisper-blood-in-the-wallpaper) by Dorothy Kwan, 2026-07-10
  > Coppola’s gangster epic is not embalmed greatness but a living, breathing, morally diseased piece of entertainment, and its danger is that it makes corruption feel like inheritance.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-godfather-1972
Film facts: Wikidata (Q47703); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.