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Battle of the Godfathers

Movie·1973·Drama, Action, Thriller·1h 27m·Directed by Jürgen Roland

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Hamburg business man Otto Westermann is also the boss of organized crime in the city. His reign as godfather is in danger, though, as an ambitious Sicilian mafioso enters the fray. His goal is clear and simple: he wants to take over Hamburg. But Westermann isn't as easy to defeat as the Sicilian expects. And soon Hamburg is on the verge of a bloody mob war.

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Herbert FleischmannHerbert FleischmannOtto WestermannHenry SilvaHenry SilvaLuca MessinaPatrizia GoriPatrizia GoriSylviaHorst JansonHorst JansonErikVéronique VendellVéronique VendellKateRaf BaldassarreRaf BaldassarreSergio
Ermelinda De Felice
Ermelinda De FeliceLuca's Mother
Sonja Jeannine
Sonja JeannineTilly Mautz

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