The Internet Has Finally Discovered The Man Who Inspired The Godfather Movies

Father of Film

The movies were directed by Francis Ford Coppola and based on the novel of the same name by Mario Puzo. Unless you don’t already know, it depicts the trials and tribulations of a fictional crime family, the Corleones, in America across several generations.

Screenshot from “The Godfather”

Puzo and Coppola based their masterpieces on some very real people from history—and to no ones surprise their stories are even more gripping than the fictional version and today, we are going to reveal them all.