A crime saga that tells the story of the New York-based Sicilian Corleone Mafia family. The movie covers the period 1945-1955.
The head of the family, Don Vito Corleone, marries off his daughter. At this time, his favorite son Michael returns from World War II. Michael, a war hero, the pride of the family, expresses no desire to take over the brutal family business. Don Corleone conducts business according to the old rules, but other times come, and there are people who want to change the established order. An assassination attempt is made on Don Corleone.