Don Salvatore Anastasia, a priest in a seminary in Tropea, Calabria (Italy), gets a ticket to visit his brother in New York. He has never known him, because the brother emigrated illegally in the U.S.A. years before. Upon his arrival in America, he is greeted with much respect, as well as his brother, also from the Italian-American community of Little Italy. Enthusiastic of that, he decided to stay on as assistant pastor in the church of Saint Lucia and bring it to a new shine. Accompanied in New York, his last name, Anastasia, commands respect and, above all, opens the door hitherto locked: his brother, really, is the infamous mob boss Albert Anastasia.

Freie Verfilmung der Lebensgeschichte des Paters Salvatore Gabriele Anastasio, dessen Brüder Albert und Tony als Mafiosi in New York tätig waren.

Don Salvatore Anastasia si trasferisce dalla Calabria a New York, dove suo fratello vive già da alcuni anni. Don Salvatore viene accolto con grande rispetto e affidato alla guardia del corpo di suo fratello, Sonny Boy, oltre ad essere assunto da Don Michele come vice-parroco della Parrocchia di Santa Lucia a Little Italy. L’ingenuo sacerdote crede di essersi meritato da solo questa immediata stima, ma ben presto scoprirà che tutto è legato alle attività illecite del fratello…