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Release dates for
 The Godfather (1972) More at IMDbPro »

CountryDate
USA 15 March 1972 (New York City, New York) (premiere)
USA 22 March 1972 (Los Angeles, California) (premiere)
USA 24 March 1972
Japan 15 July 1972
Uruguay 10 August 1972
West Germany 24 August 1972
Italy 14 September 1972 (Rome) (premiere)
Argentina 20 September 1972
Italy 21 September 1972
Sweden 27 September 1972
Finland 29 September 1972
Mexico 4 October 1972
Norway 16 October 1972 (Oslo)
France 18 October 1972
Spain 20 October 1972
Portugal 24 October 1972
Belgium 27 October 1972 (Gent)
Australia 2 November 1972
Denmark 26 December 1972
Netherlands 18 January 1973
Turkey October 1973
Hong Kong 11 October 1973
Czechoslovakia 1 January 1975
South Korea 25 May 1977
Italy 18 August 1979 (re-release)
Hong Kong 24 January 1980 (re-release)
Hungary 25 March 1982
Australia 1 November 1990 (re-release)
Turkey 30 November 1990 (re-release)
Iceland 6 March 1991 (re-release)
USA 21 March 1997 (re-release)
Australia 7 August 1997 (re-release)
Mexico 14 August 1998 (re-release)
Germany February 2004 (Berlin International Film Festival)
Japan 19 June 2004 (re-release)
France September 2004 (Deauville Film Festival)
France 2 August 2006 (re-release)
Italy 15 June 2008 (Taormina International Film Festival)
Brazil 27 September 2008 (Festival do Rio BR)
Italy 23 October 2008 (Rome Film Festival)
UK 25 September 2009 (re-release)
Canada 5 February 2010 (Digital Film Festival)
South Korea 27 May 2010 (re-release)
Italy 2 November 2010 (re-release)
Spain 17 June 2011 (re-release)
Netherlands 10 November 2011 (re-release)
Argentina 24 November 2011 (re-release)
USA 1 March 2012 (re-release) (limited)
Taiwan 19 October 2012 (re-release)
Peru 29 November 2012 (re-release)
Mexico 8 February 2013 (re-release)

Also Known As (AKA)
El padrino Argentina / Peru / Spain
Kum Croatia (DVD title) / Serbia (imdb display title) / Yugoslavia (Serbian title)
Крёстный отец Russia / Soviet Union (Russian title)
De peetvader Belgium (Flemish title) / Netherlands (informal literal title)
Der Pate Austria / West Germany
Godfather Denmark (imdb display title) / Japan (English title)
Le parrain Canada (French title) / France
Mario Puzo's The Godfather UK (complete title) / USA (complete title)
Ο Νονός Greece
Кръстникът Bulgaria (Bulgarian title)
Хрещений батько Ukraine
A keresztapa Hungary
Baba Turkey (Turkish title)
Boter Slovenia (imdb display title)
Daeboo South Korea (imdb display title)
El Padrino Mexico (imdb display title)
El padrí Spain (Catalan title)
Gudfadern Sweden
Gudfaren Norway (imdb display title)
Hasandak Israel (Hebrew title)
Il Padrino Italy (imdb display title)
Kmotr Czechoslovakia (imdb display title) (Czech title)
Krikstatevis Lithuania (imdb display title)
Krstný otec Czechoslovakia (imdb display title) (Slovak title)
Kummisetä Finland
Nasul Romania (imdb display title)
Natlimama Georgia (imdb display title)
O Padrinho Portugal
O Poderoso Chefão Brazil (imdb display title)
O nonos Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)
Ojciec chrzestny Poland
Ristiisa Estonia

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