The Godfather / Der Pate (1972)
An original 1972 Paramount Pictures German Lobby Card, distributed by Cinema International Corporation, unframed.
Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) in the funeral parlour, looking down at the body of his eldest son, Sonny (James Caan), as he calls in his favour from the undertaker Bonasera.
Bonasera, the undertaker who opened the film begging for justice, is finally called upon to repay the Don's favour, and the debt is Sonny's ruined face. The ambush that put him there was staged at Floyd Bennett Field, a disused airfield in Brooklyn, where the production built its own causeway tollbooth. "Look how they massacred my boy" is the moment the untouchable Don finally breaks, and Brando plays it in a hush that is harder to watch than any gunfire. Issued for the German Der Pate release, in an unusual upright format.
- Year: 1972
- Nationality: German
- Condition: Unframed
- Type: Original German Lobby Card
- Size: 9.5 x 12 inches
- Product Code: T6720
