The Godfather Saga (1977)

Original title

Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television

Directed by

Francis Ford Coppola

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 4 episodes

Rating

8.6 of 10 from 92 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This miniseries combines the first two Godfather films into one chronological story. It follows the Corleone crime family across decades, showing the rise of Michael Corleone to power.

dramaticintensesprawlingdarkclassicsombermethodicalepic

What happens

The Godfather Saga[a] is a 1977 American television miniseries that combines The Godfather and The Godfather Part II into a single unified work. It originally aired on NBC over four consecutive nights (one three-hour episode and three two-hour episodes) in November 1977. The television version was the basis for a few subsequent video releases. A shorter version of the miniseries was released in 1981. In 1990 a new release added additional scenes and reincorporated much of the footage added for television. Following the release of The Godfather Part III in 1990, a third unified version was released to video in 1992. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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