Vitelli (Saro Urzi)

Character Analysis

Saro Urzi plays the role of Vitelli. He's the father of Apollonia, the woman who becomes Michael's first wife. When they first meet, Michael and Vitelli have an awkward interaction: Michael describes an attractive girl who caught his attention, it turns out this is Vitelli's daughter.

But Michael plays the situation chivalrously and courts Apollonia in the old Sicilian fashion, with the whole family chaperoning them.