Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
A seven-hour chronological edit of The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, expanded with over an hour of restored scenes to trace the Corleone family’s rise from Vito’s youth in Sicily to Michael’s reign in 1950s America.
Overview
A seven-hour chronological edit of The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, expanded with over an hour of restored scenes to trace the Corleone family’s rise from Vito’s youth in Sicily to Michael’s reign in 1950s America.
Francis Ford Coppola
Producer
Episodes
1. Part 1
A young Vito Corlenone rises up the mafia hierarchy.
2. Part 2
Hitman Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo is hired by the Tattaglia and Barzini families to kill off Don Vito Corleone, the most powerful mafia Don in New York. Vito survives the assassination, and his youngest son, Michael, launches a vendetta to kill the other four families and The Turk, and gets involved in the mafia family business which he was so hesitant to join in earlier years.
3. Part 3
Michael Corleone adapts to a life of solitude, Sonny grapples with his sister's abuse, and Vito seeks council.
Cast & Crew
Al Pacino
Don Michael Corleone
Marlon Brando
Don Vito Corleone
Robert De Niro
Young Vito Corleone
Robert Duvall
Tom Hagen
James Caan
Santino "Sonny" Corleone
John Cazale
Frederico "Fredo" Corleone
