While The Godfather is about the rise and fall of the powerful Corleone mafia family, the story is bigger than that, with five families at the center of the mafia war.
The Godfather trilogy begins with the critically acclaimed movie, The Godfather , which is still regarded as one of the greatest films of all time.
The cast of the Godfather trilogy features veteran actors like Marlon Brando and rising actors who would later become major stars, like Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. The main themes running through the Godfather trilogy are trust and the way that alliances can make or break the movie's crime families. The Godfather begins with the Corleone family seemingly in power , but that status starts to crumble as Don Vito Corleone discovers that he has trusted the wrong people.
The Corleone family's biggest mistakes and attempts to hold onto their power are the basis of The Godfather 's story. Of all the five crime families of New York, some are more trustworthy than others, and the Godfather trilogy shows that the balance between them is delicate.
There are six Corleone family Dons in the Godfather trilogy, and the movies begin with Vito Corleone in power but planning to step back, so one of his sons can take over. The Corleone family is one of the richest and most powerful families in the film. Vito Corleone runs the legal Genco Pura Olive Oil Company as a front to cover the family's illegal businesses , which include running gambling rings and offering protection to influential figures in exchange for money.
