As Fredo prays the Hail Mary (which he claimed brought him luck whilst fishing), Neri shoots him in the back of the head, not knowing that Anthony was watching from his bedroom window.
After telling Michael that he has never met Ola, Fredo later carelessly tells Geary that he had been to a nightclub with Ola. Michael overhears the conversation and realizes that Fredo betrayed him to Roth. He confronts Fredo, delivering the kiss of death.
Therefore, Fredo's death was purely an idea of Coppola's. With the family being at the film's center, Coppola and Puzo had to devise a compromise. They settled on Fredo's death occurring after Fredo and Michael's mother, Carmela, passed away.
Michael did forgive Fredo, and put off killing him while their mother was alive, but he knew he had to take him out to protect himself and the rest of the family. By himself, Fredo was not a threat. As Michael told Tom, he was weak and stupid.
maybe even welcomed it. Tom knew it was coming… Michael even made it clear that nothing happens to Fredo while their mother was alive. But knowing something bad has to happen doesn't mean you want to talk about it and that no one does in the movie feels right…
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.
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".
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.
Roth secretly plans to assassinate Michael, partly to avenge Moe Greene's murder (as depicted in The Godfather).
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.
Fredo was described as a child every Italian parent prayed for-dutiful, loyal, always at service to his father, never embarrassed his father with scandalous behavior with women. Fredo lacked the animal force to be a leader. This is all from the book-he was set up as a quiet, weak person.
It may have been implied that Fredo betrayed Michael by opening the bedroom drapes to give Johnny Ola's (Dominic Chianese) hitmen a better view into the room. It's been suggested that once Fredo realized that the hitman had attempted to kill Michael and Kay, Fredo killed the gunmen.
In the Godfather Part II, do most people believe Fredo drew the curtains in Michael and Kay's bedroom, the night of the assassination attempt in Lake Tahoe? Fredo Corleone told his brother Michael that he didn't know it was going to be a hit.
One scene in the film which has remained imprinted in my memory since I first saw it, while at the same time being one that I have never fully understood, is that in which Michael finally realizes that his brother Fredo betrayed him to Hyman Roth during New Years in Havana.
Unlike his two older brothers, Michael wants nothing to do with the Corleone "family business", wanting instead to lead a more Americanized life. Vito does not want Michael to join the Corleone criminal empire either, hoping that his favorite son would go into politics.
Ultimately, Tessio betrays Michael by helping arrange his assassination at a peace summit with Barzini and Philip Tattaglia. The summit will be held in Tessio's fiefdom in Brooklyn, where Michael will presumably be safe. In return, Tessio was to inherit the Corleone family upon Michael's death.
Because a group of men threatened Michael's father, Vito Corleone, and the well-being of the Corleone Family. As much as Michael had always dreamed of a life outside the underworld, he was loyal to his father and his family.
Roth's request to move to Israel under the Law of Return is rejected by the Israeli High Court, reportedly due to his criminal ties.
In The Godfather Part II, Frank Pentangeli is portrayed as having been one of godfather Vito Corleone's (Marlon Brando) most trusted associates. A rift grows between Pentangeli and Michael, however, that eventually results in Pentangeli betraying the family.
Fredo was the oldest surviving son. Had he been present,he would have taken precedence at the funeral. That couldn't fit with the narrative,where the respect was being paid to Michael-even if it was with a snigger.
Because Fredo lied to Michael about knowing Hyman Roth and Johnny Ola. Fredo helped them try to kill Michael. Michael suspected Fredo but he didn't want to believe it. When Fredo got to Cuba, he asked Michael who the Family was doing business with and Michael said Hyman Roth and Johnny Ola.
It was precisely because Michael does not forgive. He does not forget. And he gets even. So Michael killed his brother, making his son hate him.
In the sequel novel The Godfather's Revenge, Hagen is murdered in 1964 by traitorous Corleone henchman Nick Geraci, who ties him up in a car that he sinks into a swamp.
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.
This weakness is seen in his character when he is older. Although he is involved in the family business he never becomes a leader. He is always being helped by his family, and told what to do. Eventually he betrays Michael and unintentionally becomes involved in Michaels attempted assassination.