In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Acting
De Niro's Vito speaks maybe 20 minutes of Italian. Devastating every time.
Direction
Coppola's cross-cutting births and deaths — structural genius, zero subtlety needed.
Cinematography
Gordon Willis's shadows: nobody photographed power looking this lonely.
Director
Francis Ford Coppola
Al Pacino
Don Michael Corleone
Robert Duvall
Tom Hagen
Diane Keaton
Kay Corleone
Robert De Niro
Vito Corleone
John Cazale
Frederico 'Fredo' Corleone
Talia Shire
Constanzia 'Connie' Corleone
Lee Strasberg
Hyman Roth
Michael V. Gazzo
Frank Pentangeli
G.D. Spradlin
Senator Pat Geary
Richard Bright
Al Neri
Gastone Moschin
Don Fanucci
Tom Rosqui
Rocco Lampone
Bruno Kirby
Young Clemenza
Frank Sivero
Genco Abbandando
Francesca De Sapio
Young Mama Corleone
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