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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
Argentina 20 September 1972
Sweden 27 September 1972
Finland 29 September 1972
Norway 16 October 1972 (Oslo)
France 18 October 1972
Australia 2 November 1972
Netherlands 18 January 1973
Hong Kong 11 October 1973
Czechoslovakia 1 January 1975
South Korea 25 May 1977
Hong Kong 24 January 1980 (re-release)
Hungary 25 March 1982
Australia 1 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)
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)

Also Known As (AKA)
El padrino Argentina / Peru / Spain
Der Pate Austria / West Germany
Kum Croatia (DVD title) / Yugoslavia (Serbian title)
Le parrain Canada (French title) / France
Ο Νονός Greece
Крёстный отец Soviet Union (Russian title)
A keresztapa Hungary
Baba Turkey (Turkish title)
El padrí Spain (Catalan title)
Gudfadern Sweden
Hasandak Israel (Hebrew title)
Il padrino Italy
Kmotr Czechoslovakia (Czech title)
Krstný otec Czechoslovakia (Slovak title)
Kummisetä Finland
Mario Puzo's The Godfather USA (complete title)
O Padrinho Portugal
O Poderoso Chefão Brazil
O nonos Greece
Ojciec chrzestny Poland
Ristiisa Estonia

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