The Godfather Part Ii, Dec 18, 1974 ยท The Godfather Part II: Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Find out who played Michael Corleone, Vito Corleone, Hyman Roth, and other iconic characters. In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. The Godfather Part II premiered in New York City on December 12, 1974, and was released in the United States on December 20, 1974. It is both a sequel and a prequel to the 1972 film The Godfather, presenting parallel dramas: one picks up the 1958 story of Michael Corleone, the new Don of the Corleone family . The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate. HE WAS NINE YEARS OLD. This brilliant companion piece to the original The Godfather continues the saga of two generations of successive power within the Corleone family. Partially based on Puzo's 1969 novel, the film is in part both a sequel and a prequel to The Godfather, presenting two parallel dramas. HIS OLDER BROTHER PAOLO SWORE REVENGE AND DISAPPEARED INTO THE HILLS, LEAVING VITO, THE ONLY MALE HEIR, TO STAND WITH HIS MOTHER AT THE FUNERAL. sx, ieof, 4j7bizs, 55, 0n3i, 06na, 2xan, xkg7, hss, p0,