Condo at Tahoe property where 'Godfather's' Fredo died is Wall St. Journal's House of the Year

Condo at Tahoe property where 'Godfather's' Fredo died is Wall St. Journal's House of the Year

"You're nothing to me now," Michael Corleone tells big brother Fredo in "The Godfather: Part II." Not long afterward -- alert! 40-year-old spoiler ahead! -- Michael has the Judas unceremoniously dispatched in a bobbing rowboat on the sparkling waters of Lake Tahoe.

The Tahoe compound where Michael ran the Western part of his mafia business is a real-life property built in 1938. Hoover Dam tycoon Henry Kaiser scheduled its construction at a breakneck pace so that the 17-home estate could host his dam-completion gala, according to a local brokerage, Marmot Vacation Rentals. Its stone boathouses formed a "Godfather" backdrop.

Now the compound is a 22-condo private development called Fleur du Lac Estates. And one of its units -- "West Lake Tahoe's very finest condominium," as the listing would have it -- has just been named the Wall Street Journal's House of the Year, after nearly a million online votes from readers.

Owner Zari Mansouri, president and CEO of Laboratory Skin Care, has been trying to sell the 4,100-square-foot condo since May. She originally listed it at a hair under $7 million; now she's asking $6.5 million, which is (very) arguably a bargain considering that she bought it for $4.6 million in 2006 and then spent $3.5 million on a three-year gut renovation.

Perhaps the most showstopping feature she added is a rather scandalous all-glass shower in the master bedroom, which has floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the lake. "It looked super X-rated," architect Rob Rogers jokingly told the Wall Street Journal, but the shower's real intent was to give Mansouri a "spa bedroom" where the lake views dominated, even from the reflection in the vanity mirror.

The four-bedroom, five-bath home also has "13 distinct sound zones and wiring for a professional DJ booth," the Journal reports. Oh -- and the homeowners association dues? $3,900 a month.

Here's the scene from "The Godfather: Part II" in which Michael disassociates himself from Fredo in Tahoe:

And here's Fredo's death (along with a couple of others' -- there's some blood, so don't press play if that bothers you):

Incidentally: Believe it or not, this isn't the only home with a "Godfather" pedigree on the market -- and it's nowhere near the most expensive. That honor goes to the legendary Beverly House, where the horse-head scene from the first "Godfather" was filmed.

See the $115 million Beverly House, setting of the infamous horse-head scene from "The Godfather": Click here for videos (including the movie clip), and click here for photos.