Vito Corleone is a fictional character and a major character in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather and in the first two of Francis Ford Coppola's film trilogy. The titular "Godfather," Vito is orig
A young Vito (played by Robert De Niro) kills Don Fanucci
"Dental plumper" prosthetic worn by Marlon Brando to create the appearance of jowls during filming of The Godfather
Graffiti in Legutio, Spain
The Godfather Part II is a 1974 American epic gangster film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, loosely based on the 1969 novel The Godfather by Mario Puzo, who co-wrote the screenplay with
Vito Corleone
…is originally portrayed by Marlon Brando in the 1972 film The Godfather, and later by Oreste Baldini as a boy and by Robert De Niro as a young man in The Godfather Part II (1974). An orphaned Italian (Sicilian) immigrant, he becomes a Mafia don. He and his wife Carmela have four children: three sons, Santino ("Sonny…
Theatrical release poster
Original screenplay at the National Museum of Cinema in Turin
Francis Ford Coppola (pictured in 1973), director of the film