drama directed by francis ford coppola the movie is about organized crime in new york and it tell about the fictional corleone family from 1945to1955.vito corleone the head of the family took over the business in the 1920s and has built it into a powerful organization decades latter he passing the control of his empire to his sons michael is a war hero who does not want to get involved in anything illegal however a number of events happen and michael ends up following in his father footsteps