The Secret Behind The Godfather's Biggest Enemy... | The Ruthless Rise & Fall of Hyman Roth
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- Hyman Roth | The Secret Behind his Ruthless Rise & Fall...| The Godfather 2 Explained
In The Godfather 2, Michael Corleone has now taken total control over the criminal underworld, Bringing his and the families net worth close to a billion dollars. He is now undoubtedly the boss of All Bosses, making him one of the most powerful men in the country.
An opportunity would soon present itself, to rid Michael from his criminal past, but by a man, with a personal vendetta against Michael, who has dedicated the last couple of years, waiting for the perfect opportunity to crush him.Without a doubt, the most cunning and Machiavellian individual in the world of the Godfather, This was is of course Hyman Roth.
Hyman Roth was the most Machiavellian and cunning opponent any Corleone don had to face. His mastery of the game of power made him a deadly opponent, on par with the likes of don Vito Corleone.
What’s interesting, is that he was Mentored by the notorious Don Vito Corleone and caporegime Peter Clemenza. Hyman Roth, was a close and early member of the Corleone mafia empire. However he would later move away from the Corleone family, and build his own empire.
But soon, Roth’s biggest enemy would be the son of his former mentor.
Even though in the end Michael came out the winner, he was scarred for life.
What's most fascinating about this character, is that he was based on a real life notorious mobster and many of the events did indeed happen in real life.
In this video, we will analyse the meteoric rise of Hyman Roth, and the reason behind his vehement hate towards Michael, and finally how it all came crashing down
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"Your father worked with Hyman Roth. Your father respected Hyman Roth. But your father never trusted Hyman Roth."
Frank Pantangeli
Good ol Frankie Angels
I love that line, it was delivered perfectly
Frankie had the makings of a varsity athlete
Or his Sicilian messager boy Johnny Ola
Johnny Ola's biggest mistake was assuming Micheal didn't have the makings of a varsity athlete
Only WE know that reference. Bada bing!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣..... GREAT JOKE LOL
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Fantastic 😂
@@MrJoebrooklyn1969 Johnny Ola ( Dominic Chianese….who plays Uncle Junior on the Sopranos )
Roth, the late great Lee Strasburg nails his part in this epic film.
1000%
He sure did
@@TheCultureMafia and he was actually a teacher and creator of a acting method, and he was al pacino's acting teacher!!
Hyman Roth also had significant connections in the baking industry, if you needed a cake, Roth was your man 🎂🇨🇺
But you only got one candle
Meh. I prefer Enzo the Baker…
Roth made two critical mistakes. In strategy, never make decisions based on anger. He also underestimated Michael Corleone. BIG MISTAKE.
Roth's biggest mistake was using Fredo for anything.
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like barzini
@@answerman9933 very true. Fredo inadvertently gave away the plot to Michael.
Excellent video. I have to embarrassingly admit I hadn't thought about how Hyman Roth moved up through the ranks or what his position actually was. Very interesting.
Sun Tzu said: "Never underestimate your enemy or you shall be captive of him." Sun Tzu said: "A general must be calm and inscrutable, never rash or angry in his deliberations for as to give away his intentions". Though Roth's scheme was quite excellent, he erred in these two critical areas, this cost him victory and his life. An excellent video CM.
Revenge is a dish best served cold😈
His life? He's not killed in the movie
Best to take another look at the movie.
@@fjp3305 He's shot dead at the airport.
@@frankgesuele6298 Not sure anymore, but I think he doesn't die there.
Michael was a combat veteran; he heard the triggers pull and dropped without thinking.
Sonny and Fredo were laughing at him for enlisting in the Marines, but, the joke was on them in the end.
I'd suspect that Mario Puzo was making a negative point about his brothers.
Hyman Roth's plan failed because Michael went to war.
That was the turning point.
Well that is just bullshit. Michael couldn't hear any trigger pull. The gunmen were outside. He'd have never heard the shot if it killed him so no way could he have heard the trigger.
Hyman Roth had self-esteem based on his ability to read people.
But Michael was hard to read and was also good at reading others.
Roth: "Where are the Romans now"???
Don Michael: "There are here, asshole(BOOM)"!!!!!!!!!!!!
I truly love your content. It brings the movies to life!
Hyman Roth played the game brilliantly throughout his whole life, but Michael always had his eyes wide open.
True, just like Tessio in part one. He was considered the smartest in the Corleone family after Vito, but Vito was so far ahead of even him, he warned Michael of how to identify the traitor, without even knowing it would specifically be Tessio.
I thought Roth was a cut above Mike. He knew that Mike knew that he had attempted the assassination on his life, but Mike makes him think Frankie tried it, but Roth knew that Mike knew it was Roth. So Roth plays it well. He sets up a deliberately botched attempt on Frankie’s life and then Frankie thinks Mike double-crossed him. Then all of a sudden Roth falls ill as soon as Fredo arrives in Cuba and Mike wants to renege on the deal, so Roth fakes being ill and having to be on life-support and knows Mike’s bodyguard will try to kill him, so Fredo tells Roth and dispatches the soldiers to have the bodyguard killed. Then Roth sets up the committee hearings. He was a downright evil bastard!
Finance is a gun, politics is knowing when to pull the trigger.- Mario Puzo
Thank you for this video. To me The Godfather 1and 2 are greatest movies of all time. I enjoy these very much
Roth worked for the Godfather during Prohibition , ironically, he turned against his son. Such is life in the Mob.
Cause he killed Moe Green though. It was personal, not buisness
@@Luckiestof13 I always felt that was justified. Michael done worse for less
Part of the fact they all respected and feared Vito but that’s something Michael would never have aside from fear. You want to be feared but never despised. You think Frank Pentangeli, senator Gerry, Roth and others would of disrespected Vito to his face they way they did Michael? Michael was feared but also despised. When despised people will throw everything away to take you down. Roth could of retired easily to live out the golden years but his hatred of Michael spurred him on.
You get five 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 for this analysis!
Top channel or what! 👍
Thank You 🌹
live the videos! how about some on Godfather III?
“Your father liked Hyman Roth , he did business with Hyman Roth but he never trusted Hyman Roth….. or his Sicilian messanger boy Junior Soprano”
You Heard About The Chinese Godfather? He Made Them An Offer They Couldnt Understand
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I always thought it funny they made a guy whos name basically is Chinese make a joke about chinese people. I bet Dom got teased about that name all the way to his teens.
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That was originally a _Polish_ joke.
Too funny!
Roth played the game with excellence and I really don't think he underestimated Michael Corleone. He did make one mistake and that was trying to use Fredo to get to Michael. As well I'm sure he never anticipated Michael bringing Frank Pentangelies brother to the senate hearings. Frank knew the message Michael was sending him right there. Talk and your dead. Keep quiet and your family stays alive and keeps there fortune
Hyman Roth is a fascinating character, based off Meyer Lansky. They just opened the Bugsy and Meyers Steakhouse at Flamingo here, in my hometown of Vegas. Funny is it's possible that Roth approved the killing of Bugsy.
Crazy Roth was worth 300 million, which at that time was unbelievable. He was like Rockefeller.
@@josephdelledonne2098 how can I be worth that ?
There may be another component to Roth's motivation. Like Vito was an obstacle to the heroin trade, Roth may have seen Michael as an obstacle to the Cuba deal. Vito and Michael had the same weakness -- their psychological conflict about being gangsters. Vito didn't want to be a dirty drug dealer and Michael naively wanted to go legitimate. In the end, Michael backed out because he predicted Castro would win, but Michael may have decided that Cuba was too dirty for his dreams anyway. Like Barzini, Roth couldn't afford a 'boss of all bosses' who had any moral qualms.
Did Roth really not see Castro coming? it's not plausible that Roth hadn't hedged his bet against the Revolution. He had probably already made a contingency deal with Castro. But now the Cuba deal meant doing business with Communists. Michael's presidential dreams would not allow for that.
In the birthday cake scene, Roth feeds Michael some b.s about the rebels. It is not possible that Roth didn't investigate the Revolution and knew it had a chance. There was a chance the deal would go forward under the Communists, but he couldn't tell that to Michael. Right after, Roth pokes around Michael's presidential aspirations, either for himself or for his son.
Ironically, the next President would be the son of a bootlegging Nazi lover who Roth no doubt knew personally. Roth knew the higher you go, the dirtier it gets. But Michael took his naivete about 'legitimacy' to his grave. As ruthless as Michael was, Roth perceived a limit to how low Michael would go. Getting in bed with the CIA or with Castro? The CIA was 100 times dirtier than Solozzo -- and deeper into drugs! Roth had no choice but to take out the Corleone 'GoodyTwo-Shoes.'
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Roth made a mistake underestimating Michael. Michael was taught by his father Don Vito Corleone. Revenge was Roth's downfall.
Great to see a new video from you.
Great video as always 👌
Ive been a staunch The Godfather fan all my life and just learned about Lansky tonight by watching a movie called Lansky. I still didnt know he was Roth until i started seeing likenesses in the movie Lansky. When l heard Lansky say "we're bigger than US Steel".......i was SURE!!
Great video. Roth's come up has not been spoke enough before.
Extremely interesting and informative.
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“The higher the monkey goes, the further he falls.”
- Mao Zedong
Not really Cause the FEDS TOLERATE CERTAIN THINGS NOT DRUGS AND EVERYONE KNOWS I DON'T SELL DRUGS
What I'd like to know is ... Lee Strasberg, the actor portraying Hyman Roth. Is shown requiring Oxygen due to a respiratory condition, most likely COPD. He's seen taking hits off the oxygen, as well as respiratory difficulty when he gets worked up.
Was this character choice in the novel, or was it added by FFC or a Lee Strasberg. After all, he founded the famous acting school back in 1931, that most of the really big stars came out of.
I could see him being given room to develop the character. Does anyone know
@Nom De Plume Lee Strasberg was a heavy smoker in real life, so he had COPD and was on oxygen to help his respiratory system. Lee used this as his role as Hyman Roth in the second GF Film.
@@MsWiccanpriestess
It was such a great affection for the character, that I wouldn't put it past someone of his stature to just throw it in, and in this case highlight it
Great video but you neglect Hyman's specific plot to assassinate Michael in Cuba. Michael had a sixth sense and figured it out, but it was Fredo who gave away the plot. One of Hyman's mistakes was to use the naive Fredo to get to Michael. It actually almost worked, but backfired in the end.
We actually address that in a video that covers the entirety of the "Cuba" plot line.
czcams.com/video/0QjXWh_o7Z4/video.html
@@TheCultureMafia my apologies. I didn't see that one.
Underestimating Micheal Corleone led to the demise of Hyman Roth, Don Barzini, Virgil Sollozzo as well as the other heads of the 5 families.
Sollozo tried to make a deal with Michael to whack Vito, but, he failed.
And moe green
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Friends and money...oil and water...indeed!!!
Great, just Great!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your videos is like History my friend!!!!!!!!!!!!
Salut!!!!!!!!!!!!
Glad you enjoy them, Salut 💯
@@TheCultureMafia Could you please, make a future video about an hypothetical war between Don Barzini and Roth?
I vote for Barzini, because he was a Don, and his plan was more machiavellian and he have some winning. He also, had an army. Roth hasn't!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks in advance!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok let's see Micheal was a college educated, USMC Infantry Captain who saw and was involved in the worst of combat, and was awarded for act of heroism. I'd say that along with other aspects made him a very dangerous man.
Exactly some people overlook those details. Mix that with what he learned from Vito. Man was really dangerous
yes who was roth to be so snobby towards him, mike had more than proven himself
@@williamwallace7651 Micheal was extremely capable. Much more than Roth. Roth saw that as threat instead of an asset, a partner
Thanks for the video but I need more. Lol
Roth could "covertly" move in many circles... Jewish, white America and the Italians.
Italians are white.
Yes
Even in da ghetto
@jpssteveshanahan of course they are white they look white don't they?
@jpssteveshanahan why wouldn't italians be white. Frank sinatra is italian you don't think he looks white. So what your saying just because you look white doesn't mean your white? Germans look white but they are not white? White is just a generic term for people of European descent Italians are Europeans therefore they are white.
Going legit sounds like Paul Castallano.
Castellano wasn’t about being legit. His greed is what got him killed. Only the Genovese Family under Gigante did he not always want the largest cut
Well Roth wasnt most Machavellian in the Trilogy, it was Michael, worse of them all
Vito was right about drugs
So was Tom Hagen,
100%. Although drug running was a niche market as far back as the 20's it was after The War that the families started to expand their business into narcotics. The families were blinded by the money being generated by drugs, and the changing world around them went unnoticed until it was too late. The late sixties coun ter culture and the resultant "war on drugs" put the mob in the spotlight and, like Don Vito predicted, the public turned against La Cosi Nostra.
Cocaine is a helleva drug
Culture Mafia....That was so good...Thank You... I have a new found respect for Roth...His ego caused the cat and mouse which lead to his down fall. However, I admire his accomplishments before the spoiled brat took him and the 5 families out...lol Peace
lol
It's great watching Hyman Roth's approachable easy-going nature in initial scenes with Michael, then you start to see these moments and expressions of calculated greed and malice. Unfortunately, he underestimated Michael's ruthlessness which transcended the 'business not personal" mantra from the older era.
BTW, you should do a video on the tag line of the movie series " It's nothing personal, it's just business" and how this was a total lie.
Don’t you ever get tired of making great essay videos?
Also always found Hyman Roth to be more emotional, albiet hidden well. Bad form.
this video was so fascinating!
Thanks!
Can we get more like this one?
Of course 💯
Any specific one in mind?
Awesome work. I'm sorry to admit how late to the party I am. Subscribed.
Clemenza and Sonny's dismissive attitude of Michael's capacity for violence is a puzzlement to me, a seasoned marine Corp vet from the Pacific theater would be no stranger to close combat, we're talking James Jones territory here, think Thin Red Line. Close hand to hand bloody violence in the most formidable circumstances possible. hardly " shoot em from a mile away " like Sonny's thought
Roth was actually born in 1891 since he was 67 in 1958
The real life Hyman Roth (Meyer Lansky) died nearly broke.
@Fabien Dubord but it was never proven, some mafia historians said that Meyer squandered his money away somewhere, others have said he died nearly broke. But no one has been able to prove either point.
@@MsWiccanpriestess The point is proved, by no one in his entire family having any money after he died.
what a great way to explain!
Hyman Roth is based on Mayer Lansky; Johnny Ola is based on Vincent "Jimmy Blue Eys" Alo a Capo of the Genevese Familie, his best friend.
Love your videos
Thank You 💯
After Prohibition ended, you state in the video that Roth just left the Corleone organization and went on his own. Really? Why? How? Doing What? You jump from that, roughly 1933, to Moe Green and Las Vegas, circa 1947. That's a 14 year gap. It seems to me that 14 year gap IS the real rise of Roth, and you simply blow through it like it's meaningless. Maybe you should do a video about Roth, and what he was involved in, from the end of Prohibition until the start of Las Vegas, so we really get how he became so huge. You just tell us that he went from being a mechanic/driver for Vito, into a big player that was largely responsible for Vegas. Huh?
Awesome man Awesome... thats what the people need ..not the tiktok or some shit.
Roth forgot one thing about Michael. Michael was soldier he knew the rules of war
11:27 11:46
MEYER LANSKY = HYMAN ROTH.
CHARLES LUCKY LUCIANO = MICHAEL CORLEONE.
BENJAMIN BUGSY SIEGEL = MOE GREENE.
FRANK COSTELLO = DON VITO CORLEONE.
VITO GENOVESE = TESSIO.
JOE MASSERIA = VIRGIL SOLOZZO.
You should made. Who built a successful criminal empire Vito or Michael
Coming Soon...
The point of Roth being more powerful than Micheal never seemed right to me since I knew he started as a lackey for his father, but I can see how he could outstrip him by continuing to grow his criminal empire while Micheal struggled to shut it down and become legit.
I think Roth was waiting for Michael to put in his side of the money 💵. Since Greene got killed his share had to be replaced. So Roth thought let Michael put in the share and the take him out. But that gave time for Michael to figure it out and make his counter move ♟️.
Wonderful. I love the way you think. I will subscribe.
What’s the background tune you have in all your videos? It gives sad but warm nostalgic vibes
Never forget dude stealing out of that lady's basket 1:44
Micheal was well plan and maintain his cool. Make an offer nobody could refuse like his father Don Vito. True legend Don indeed
Dude ... PLEASE i need the name of the background music you guys always play
It takes me to another world ..
Also make a video on Rocco lampone
MARIO PUZO, ESCREVEU O LIVRO, COM A INTENÇÃO, MONTAR O QUEBRA-CABEÇA, & O CENÁRIO, DA MÁFIA!
Roth thought he was gonna live forever. Dying of same heart attack. Hyman only likes English drs😂🛫
Meyer called Lee strasberg after watching him portray him.
...that cake though!
39 when he met Corleone? Hahaha
Great content. Got to lose the faux Godfather music in the background though.
Love The Godfather
Your videos are good, but can you put spanish subtittles? Sory for my english
Your English is fine.
How abouut nooooo!!
"Roth alongside of Moe Greene". In 2 Roth talks as if he was a mentor of Greene.
Moe Greene, aka Bugsy Siegel. Hyman Roth, aka Meyer Lansky.
@ 5:40
He lived in Hollywood Florida...and bought off the entire government of Hallendale which is right next to it in between Ft.Lauderdale and Miami.entire carpet joint casino.
Lansky of course not Hymie
BACKGROUND MUSIC NICE
I told everybody he was playing Meyer Lansky!!
FIDEL CASTRO, COM CERTEZA, CONHECEU, MEYER LANSKY, FRANK COSTELLO, VITO GENOVESE, & CHARLES LUCKY LUCIANO! COM TODA CERTEZA! ABSOLUTA!
Indeed..the reason Castro threw the US Mob out was that they did not want to pay him the 50% that Castro demanded.
"No Good Deed Goes Unpunished '"?!
Hyman Roth,was loosely based on the life of NYC gangster Meyer Lansky,"We are bigger than US steel"& Mo Green was Bugsy Siegel,the similarities are quite obvious,
Theory on the name of Moe Green::
Bugsey Siegel wanted More Money for Las Vegas in vain, hence Moe Green
I have a question, how could Hymen Roth be the prodigy of Vito and still didn't make it to the godfather's funeral? I still don't understand how or why.
Roth didn’t want to attract attention to himself so he sent Johnny Ola to the funeral in his place and Ola was just one of the many mourners there?
Or maybe Roth was convinced the family was on it’s last legs and he had heard about the way Michael had treated Moe Green and he thought that little punk would be dead by the end of the week at Barzini’s hands so why even bother going to NYC for the funeral of his father?
Or just maybe it’s the same reason we never saw Frankie at the funeral, there were after all several hundred mourners there and both Frankie and Roth could have just been lost in the crowd there.
What was that footage of a young Don Vito and Roth? What was it from? 1:10
I think it’s a “bonus scene” from “The Godfather Saga,” which recuts Parts 1 and 2 so that everything occurs in chronological order (young Vito scenes, Godfather 1, Michael scenes)
The bloke narrating this sounds like Snake from Metal Gear Solid. David Hayter, I think his name is. Is it him?
How does Mickey Cohen fit in. He’s not Italian or from New York but I would be interesting to learn about him
The grapes of Roth.
Is this narrator the same guy that does the Simple History channel?
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I thought 💭🤔 he said he"" let it go""".
Just business not personal."""this is the business we chose"".
Moe was a 🥵 hothead,, said alot of dumb things...
And there's not even a Statue 🗿 or a Street named after him
Ironically if Michael didn't kill moe then hyman wouldn't be provoked and he will successfully scamming the mafia behind the scene
Roth was born in 1891. I didn’t think he was older than Vito and. Clemanza
There certainly are few good guys in this show, lol. I can see why Roth was pissed
Born in 1881 and joined Corleone's in early 1920-ies? So you want to tell me he did that when he was 40 years old? Are you butthurt?
I think Mike taking out the heads of the other families proved he was not an unproven spoiled brat.
Why did Hyman talk with clicks when he got upset?
rocco was trusted in there homes as i am
Maybe it’s a bit trite, but maybe not F-ing with the battle hardened Marine son of the Real “Capo di tutti Capi” or maybe not the best idea.