Did Connie know Michael killed Carlo?

Connie (who was unaware of her husband's role in Sonny's murder), hysterical after Carlo's death, blames Michael, denouncing him in front of his wife, Kay. In the novel, Connie quickly recovers from Carlo's demise, apparently relieved to be rid of an abusive, philandering husband.

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How did Connie find out Michael killed Carlo?

However, by 1959, after the death of their mother, Connie forgave Michael, realizing that he was trying to protect the family and do what he thought was necessary and obviously found out about Carlo's involvement in Sonny's death. Carlo's death was publicly pinned on the Barzini family.

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Did Connie ever find out that Michael killed Fredo?

Yes. She definitely knew. She had to know.

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Why did Connie get mad at Michael?

Connie is angry with Michael for having Rizzi killed, despite his abuse and role in Sonny's death, and resents her brother for many years afterward. In the novel, Connie quickly recovers from Rizzi's death and, a few weeks later, apologizes to Michael for accusing him.

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Why was Connie sad about Carlo?

Connie wouldn't have been as angry towards Carlo as she would have been towards her family and herself. Carlo was given a living, but no status within the family. This was what angered him as he was a social climber. It also didn't help Connie either as she was spoiled as a child and was used to getting her way.

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How did Michael Corleone know it was Carlo Rizzi?

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Did Connie know Carlo killed Sonny?

Connie (who was unaware of her husband's role in Sonny's murder), hysterical after Carlo's death, blames Michael, denouncing him in front of his wife, Kay.

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Did Carlo actually set up Sonny?

Michael and Vito might have placed some of the blame for Sonny's assassination on Tom. Though it turns out that Carlo Rizzi plotted with Barzini to set Sonny up, Michael and Vito probably believed that Tom didn't do enough to stop Sonny from leaving the safety of the family compound that day to find Carlo.

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Who knew Michael killed Fredo?

He is also mentioned many times throughout the film; the dialogue makes it clear that Michael is tormented with guilt over ordering his brother's death, and that it has alienated him from his ex-wife, Kay (Diane Keaton), and his son, Anthony (Franc D'Ambrosio), both of whom know the truth about Fredo's death.

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Why didn t Vito help Connie?

Connie begged for her father to intervene, but he coldly refused to help, seemingly to punish Connie. (In truth, Vito is upset at how Connie is being treated, but Italian tradition forbids a father — even one as powerful as Vito — from interfering in his daughter's marriage.)

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Why did Connie forgive Michael?

Ostensibly she forgave Michael because she probably came to the realisation that Carlo had gotten his just deserts for having Sonny killed and being a no good husband.

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Why did Michael kiss Fredo?

1974 The Godfather Part II produced, directed, and co-written (with Mario Puzo) by Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Corleone gives his brother Fredo Corleone the kiss of death after he discovers Fredo's betrayal.

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Why couldn t Michael forgive Fredo?

In The Godfather: Part II Fredo betrayed Michael by giving Ola and Roth information that helped to make an attempt on Michael's life at his home. Fredo was careless and naive (which Roth used to his advantage), and he probably didn't have any actual bad intentions against Michael.

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Why did Connie hate Michael?

Connie hated Michael for having her husband killed, and for wrecking her home. And in order to get back at him, she abandoned her children and pursued meaningless relationships.

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Did Michael have Sonny killed?

On Michael's orders, Clemenza garrotes Carlo to death. With that strike, the Corleones become the most powerful crime family in the country.

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How Godfather Knew It Was Barzini?

The Don knew it was Barzini from the one phrase that Barzini said that also came from the mouth of the Turk earlier in the film during his meeting with the Don.

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Why was Tom Hagen out as consigliere?

Michael removes Hagen as consigliere in favor of having Vito fill the position, restricting Hagen to handling the family's legal business in Nevada, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Michael and Vito explain that the Corleones risk inciting a fight with the planned move to Nevada, and they need a "wartime consigliere".

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Did Paulie actually betray Vito?

Paulie has seemingly betrayed Vito—and thus the family—by selling him out. In The Godfather, this kind of betrayal is the worst of all sins. We see the matter discussed, in the Corleone family office, just before the viewer spends time in front of Clemenza's cozy abode.

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Who told Connie to shut up?

Connie : Papa never talked about business in front of the kids. Carlo Rizzi : Shut up, Connie.

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Who is with Vito when he died?

Shortly afterwards, on July 29, 1955, Vito dies of a heart attack in his garden while playing with his grandson, Michael's son Anthony. In the novel, his last words are, "Life is so beautiful."

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Why did Hyman Roth betray Michael?

Roth secretly plans to assassinate Michael, partly to avenge Moe Greene's murder (as depicted in The Godfather).

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What did Fredo do that broke Michael's heart?

While in Havana, Michael learned that Fredo betrayed him when Fredo accidentally let it slip that he and Johnny Ola had been to a sex show in Havana. He confronted Fredo at a New Year's party in Havana, telling Fredo that he knew he was the traitor, and that he broke Michael's heart.

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What does the Fredo kiss mean?

The kiss is known as "Il bacio della morte," meaning "the kiss of death." In this instance, it was to signify to Fredo that he was marked for death for betraying his brother to Hyman Roth (Lee Strasberg) and his right-hand man Johnny Ola (Dominic Chianese) in The Godfather Part II.

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What does Connie say to Carlo?

I hate you! I'll kill you! I'll kill you! Carlo: (yelling) Come on, you, kill me!

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Who ordered the hit on Sonny Corleone?

In the late summer of 1948, Sonny Corleone was lured into a trap and was killed at the Jones Beach Causeway by Barzini family hitmen in order to avenge Carlo. The hit was engineered by Emilio Barzini after Carlo, angered at the loss of his income and at the fact that Sonny had beaten him, helped set it up.

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Why was Connie husband killed in The Godfather?

Killing Carlo

Carlo was Connie's abusive husband who sold out Sonny to the rival gangs, resulting in his murder.

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