United States

In an immense saga spanning several decades centred on the American era of Prohibition, Sergio Leone's massive and commanding epic traces the destinies of 'Noodles' Aaronson and his three confederates from childhood in the Jewish quarter of New York to their maturity as fully fledged hoods. Their violent and passionate lives intertwine until death strikes. But Noodles, the sole survivor, discovers that events are not as they seem.