Now is your chance to watch one of the greatest and most influential films ever made, as well as a landmark of the gangster genre. This film more than deserves the big screen.
Please note: this film contains violent scenes.
Al Pacino was deemed too small, Marlon Brando impossible to work with, and director Francis Ford Coppola got almost fired… repeatedly. The result, however, is not just any classic film. After 50 years, filmmakers are still influenced by and referring to this epic film and even the Mafia itself started using gestures and phrases from this film. The Godfather is a must-see for any movie fan.
This film will be preceded by an introduction.
Awards
The Godfather won many awards including three Oscars: Best Picture, Best actor, and best writing (best adaptation).
Reviews
“The Godfather (1972) is a touchstone of cinema: one of the most widely imitated, quoted, and lampooned movies of all time.” Paramount
“Francis Ford Coppola’s first film in the series is still an epic, full of hypnotic acting, which reinvented mafia criminals as players in a dynastic psychodrama”. The Guardian
“Coppola’s film is a classic example of those movies we keep hearing about…., those blessed popular objects Hollywood “doesn’t make any more,” the kind of unifying consensus picture (both artistically great and widely loved, with the box office receipts to prove it).” Rolling Stone Magazine.
“People are still cheering scene after scene in one of the greatest American films ever made.” Empire
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SG & USE registration
Please register your participation upon arrival when attending the film. You can register by scanning your student card before the start of film. More information about SG & USE regulation can be found here.
Ticket information
This film will be shown at Filmhuis De Zwarte Doos. Buying a ticket online in advance is mandatory if you want to attend this film. You can buy a ticket via the black “order” button on this page.
Please note: you can only buy a ticket online; tickets are not purchasable with cash or bank card at the ticket counter.
You can find more general information about tickets, refund policy etc. here.
Please be on time
The screening of the film starts at 19:30. We kindly ask you to be at the ticket counter when it opens 15 minutes prior to the start of the film. This is to ensure the film starts and ends on time.