Emilio Barzini

"I knew it, I knew it would be you. This, this isn't the end of Barzinis, I swear it!"

- Emilio's last words

"Sorry Johnny, just buisness."

- Barzini before killing Johnny

"If Don Corleone had all the judges, and the politicians in New York, then he must share them, or let us others use them. He must let us draw the water from the well. Certainly he can – present a bill for such services. After all – we are not Communists."

- Emilio's short speech

"Don" Emilio Barzini was the head of the Barzini crime family.

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In the early 1930s, Barzini became one of the chief lieutenants in Giuseppe Mariposa's organizations, along with his brother Ettore. He began to grow unhappy with Mariposa after Mariposa murdered his friend "Tims" merely on suspicion of treachery, and after Barzini's attempt to assasinate Vito Corleone at a parade turned into a massacre, he began to see the tide turning and betrayed his master to Corleone.

Rise to power
After Mariposa's death, Barzini took over the remnants of his organizations and presided as head of one of New York's Five Families. He was generally reckoned as the second most powerful and richest Mafia chieftain in both New York and the nation, behind only Vito Corleone. He rose to power shortly after Don Corleone and was a physical presence in the 1930s. He had interests in markets such as narcotics, gambling and prostitution, and was also clever enough to be interested in Las Vegas and Cuba.

In the 1950s he worked with Phillip Tattaglia and the other Mafia families to bring down the Corleone family. Shortly after Vito's death he was assassinated at the order of Michael Corleone, who was the new Don of the Corleone family.

In the video game
In The Godfather Game, Don Emilio Barzini was the richest $ guy in New York and orders the murder of Johnny Trapani, but spares his wife and son, who is promised by Don Corleone that one day, he will be able to take his revenge.

Years later, during the Five Families War, Barzini is initially confident of success, but begins to lose his grip following Sonny Corleone and Aldo Trapani's raid on the West Port Warehouse, which draws dangerously close to revealing the Barzinis role as the manipulators behind the violence. He is referred to by the Tattaglia Underboss as "The Wolf".

During the Baptism, Aldo is accompanied by Al Neri to the City Hall where instead of being gunned down on the steps, Barzini attempts to evade capture by Aldo. He is eventually cornered, and instead of putting up a fight, he admits defeat and taunts that the Barzinis are not yet terminated. The player then is left with the choice of how to kill him or letting the Corleones deal with him, finally avenging Aldo's father 19 years after his death.