Vito Corleone immigrates from Sicily to the United States and founds a Mafia dynasty. Forty years later, his son, Michael, tries to escape his family's criminal legacy while maintaining the famiy honor.
The saga of two generations of the Corleone family continues with the rise of Vito Corleone in 1920's New York to head of a powerful crime syndicate, and the attempts of his son Michael to expand their reach into Las Vegas, Hollywood, and Cuba.