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The same year, Stefanelli landed her breakout role as the innocent Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone, the beautiful but doomed first wife of Michael Corleone in the American crime film The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. She was shown topless, although she was 16 years old when the production began and 17 when the film came out.
Apollonia Corleone (née Vitelli) is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather. She is portrayed by Simonetta Stefanelli in the film adaptation of the same name. She also appears in flashbacks in The Godfather Part III. Apollonia is a young Sicilian woman of Greek descent born in 1931 who meets Michael Corleone during his exile ...
Michael Corleone is a fictional character and the protagonist of Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather. In the three Godfather films, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Michael was portrayed by Al Pacino, for which he was twice-nominated for Academy Awards. Michael is the youngest son of Vito Corleone, a
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It was filmed in many famous Sicilian locations, including the church from The Godfather where Michael Corleone's wedding took place. During production, lead actor Paul Petersen was asked to write his poetry on the fly, responding to the locations as he saw everything for the first time. [ 6 ]
The first sequence shot for the film was the wedding of Don Vito Corleone's (Marlon Brando) daughter Connie (Talia Shire) to the Judas Carlo Rizzi (Gianni Russo).Pacino learned quickly that ...
The meeting is set for the same day as the baptism of Connie's baby. While Michael stands at the baptismal font as the child's godfather, Corleone hitmen murder the dons of the Five Families, in addition to Greene for not selling his hotel and Tessio for betraying Michael. Michael extracts Carlo's confession for his involvement in Sonny's murder.
Giving Michael Corleone a buzzcut in the third "Godfather" movie, released Christmas Day 30 years ago, was "a really big deal." for the director.