Movies / The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Runtime: 220 min
Languages: English Italian Latin Sicilian Spanish
Countries: USA
Francis Ford Coppola's legendary continuation and sequel to his landmark 1972 film, The Godfather, parallels the young Vito Corleone's rise with his son Michael's spiritual fall, deepening The Godfather's depiction of the dark side of the American dream. In the early 1900s, the child Vito flees his Sicilian village for America after the local Mafia kills his family. Vito (Robert De Niro) struggles to make a living, legally or illegally, for his wife and growing brood in Little Italy, killing the local Black Hand Fanucci (Gastone Moschin) after he demands his customary cut of the tyro's business. With Fanucci gone, Vito's communal stature grows, but it is his family (past and present) who matters most to him -- a familial legacy then upended by Michael's (Al Pacino) business expansion in the 1950s. Now based in Lake Tahoe, Michael conspires to make inroads in Las Vegas and Havana pleasure industries by any means necessary. As he realizes that allies like Hyman Roth (Lee Strasberg) are trying to kill him, the increasingly paranoid Michael also discovers that his ambition has crippled his marriage to Kay (Diane Keaton) and turned his brother, Fredo (John Cazale), against him. Barely escaping a federal indictment, Michael turns his attention to dealing with his enemies, completing his own corruption. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi
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Directors (1) | Credit |
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Francis Ford Coppola | ... |
Writers (2) | Credit |
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Francis Ford Coppola | (screenplay by) and |
Mario Puzo | (based on the novel by) |
Composers (1) | Credit |
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Nino Rota | ... |
Editors (3) | Credit |
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Barry Malkin | ... |
Peter Zinner | ... |
Richard Marks | ... |
Cinematographers (1) | Credit |
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Gordon Willis | director of photography |
Actors (94) | Credit |
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Abe Vigoda | Tessio |
Alan Lee | Klingman - Casino Owner (uncredited) |
Al Pacino | Michael |
Amerigo Tot | Michael's Bodyguard |
Andrea Maugeri | Strollo |
Bruno Kirby | Young Clemenza (as B. Kirby Jr.) |
Buck Houghton | Senator with mustache (uncredited) |
Carmelo Russo | Man Who Greets Vito (uncredited) |
Carmen Argenziano | Michael's Buttonman #2 |
Carmine Caridi | Carmine Rosato |
Carmine Foresta | Policeman |
Connie Mason | Extra (uncredited) |
Danny Aiello | Tony Rosato |
Diane Keaton | Kay |
Dominic Chianese | Johnny Ola |
Edward Van Sickle | Ellis Island Doctor |
Elda Maida | Pentangeli's Wife |
Erica Yohn | Governess |
Ezio Flagello | Impressario |
Fay Spain | Mrs. Marcia Roth |
Filomena Spagnuolo | Extra in Little Italy (uncredited) |
Francesca De Sapio | Young Mama Corleone (as Francesca de Sapio) |
Frank Pesce | Extra (uncredited) |
Frank Sivero | Genco |
Gabriella Belloni | Ellis Island Nurse (as Gabria Belloni) |
Gary Kurtz | Photographer in Court (uncredited) |
Gastone Moschin | Fanucci (as Gaston Moschin) |
G.D. Spradlin | Senator Pat Geary |
Gianni Russo | Carlo |
Giuseppe Sillato | Don Francesco |
Hank Robinson | Man Guarding Hyman Roth (uncredited) |
Harrison Ressler | Crowd (uncredited) |
Harry Dean Stanton | F.B.I. Man #1 |
Ignazio Pappalardo | Mosca |
Italia Coppola | Mama Corleone's Body (uncredited) |
Ivonne Coll | Yolanda (as Yvonne Coll) |
James Caan | Sonny Corleone |
James Gounaris | Anthony Corleone |
James Murdock | F.B.I. Man #2 (as David Baker) |
Jay Rasumny | Street Vendor (uncredited) |
Joe De Nicola | Attendant at Brothel (as J.D. Nicols) |
Joe Lo Grippo | Michael's Buttonman #3 |
Joe Spinell | Willi Cicci |
John Aprea | Young Tessio |
John Cazale | Fredo Corleone |
John Megna | Young Hyman Roth (uncredited) |
Johnny Naranjo | Cuban Translator |
Joseph Della Sorte | Michael's Buttonman #1 (as Joe Della Sorte) |
Joseph Medaglia | Father Carmelo (as Father Joseph Medeglia) |
Julian Voloshin | Sam Roth (uncredited) |
Julie Gregg | Sandra Corleone (uncredited) |
Karyn Jansen | Gianna Hagen (uncredited) |
Kathleen Beller | Girl in 'Senza Mamma' (as Kathy Beller) |
Ken Koc | Waiter #1 (uncredited) |
Larry Guardino | Vito's Uncle (uncredited) |
Laura Lyons | (uncredited) |
Lee Strasberg | Hyman Roth |
Leopoldo Trieste | Signor Roberto |
Livio Giorgi | Tenor in 'Senza Mamma' |
Maria Carta | Vito's Mother |
Marianna Hill | Deanna Corleone (as Mariana Hill) |
Mario Cotone | Don Tommasino |
Michael V. Gazzo | Frankie Pentangeli |
Morgana King | Mama Corleone |
Nick Discenza | Bartender |
Oreste Baldini | Vito Andolini as a Boy |
Paul B. Brown | Senator Ream |
Paul Martino Jr. | Extra (uncredited) |
Peter Donat | Questadt |
Peter LaCorte | Signor Abbandando |
Phil Feldman | Senator #1 |
Richard Bright | Al Neri |
Richard Matheson | Senator #3 (uncredited) |
Richard Watson | Custom Official |
Robert De Niro | Vito Corleone (as Robert DeNiro) |
Robert Duvall | Tom Hagen |
Roger Corman | Senator #2 |
Roman Coppola | Sonny Corleone as a Boy (uncredited) |
Salvatore Po | Pentangeli's Brother |
Saveria Mazzola | Signora Colombo |
Shô Kosugi | Passerby in Coat with Cap Pulled Down (uncredited) |
Sofia Coppola | Child on Ship (uncredited) |
Talia Shire | Connie Corleone |
Tere Livrano | Theresa Hagen |
Teresa Tirelli | Midwife (as Theresa Tirelli) |
Tito Alba | Cuban President |
Tom Dahlgren | Fred Corngold |
Tom Rosqui | Rocco Lampone |
Tony Sirico | Extra (uncredited) (unconfirmed) |
Troy Donahue | Merle Johnson |
Venancia Grangerard | Cuban Nurse |
Victor Pujols Faneyte | Cuban Guerilla with Grenade (uncredited) |
Vincent Coppola | Street Vendor |
William Bowers | Senate Committee Chairman |