The Godfather Characters refers to the characters in the 1972 American crime film The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The film follows the story of the Corleone family, a powerful mafia family in New York City. The main characters include Don Vito Corleone, his sons Michael and Sonny, and other mafiosi such as Peter Clemenza and Salvatore Tessio. The term Mafiosi is used to refer to members of the Italian-American Mafia, which is the organized crime syndicate that the Corleone family belongs to.