The Godfather / Der Pate (1972)
An original 1972 Paramount Pictures German Lobby Card, distributed by Cinema International Corporation, unframed.
Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) at the centre of his office, flanked by Sonny, Tom Hagen and his capos, as Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo pitches for the family's backing in narcotics.
Al Lettieri, the smooth Sollozzo, knew this world better than most of the cast. His sister, so the story goes, was married into the family of Thomas Eboli, then the acting boss of the Genovese organisation, and Lettieri is said to have taken Coppola to dinner there while the film was being prepared. Sollozzo's polite pitch, political protection in return for a share of the heroin trade, is the hinge on which the whole story turns. Issued for the film's German Der Pate release.
- Year: 1972
- Nationality: German
- Condition: Unframed
- Type: Original German Lobby Card
- Size: 9.5 x 12 inches
- Product Code: T6721
