The Mattei Affair

The Mattei Affair (1972)

Il caso Mattei

On October 27, 1962, a plane crashed in Bascape, Italy, sparking an international intrigue...sabotage...disappearances and murders! These events are all the more bizarre because they are TRUE. The central figure was Enrico Mattei.

Enrico Mattei helped change Italy’s future, first as freedom-fighter against the Nazis, then as an investor in methane gas through a public company, A.G.I.P., and ultimately as the head of ENI, a state body formed for the development of oil resources. On October 27, 1962, he died when his private airplane crashed during a flight to Milan. Officially, it is declared an accident, but many journalists explore other plausible reasons for Mattei's untimely death.

Date of release
1972-01-26
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (124)
Runtime
1h 56m
Genres
Drama, History
Director
Francesco Rosi

Casting

  • Gian Maria Volonté — Enrico Mattei
  • Luigi Squarzina — liberal journalist
  • Peter Baldwin — William McHale
  • Renato Romano — journalist
  • Franco Graziosi — Minister of State partecipations
  • Gianfranco Ombuen — Mr. Ferrari, the engineer
  • Elio Jotta — head of the Committee of Inquiry
  • Luciano Colitti — Irnerio Bertuzzi
  • Edda Ferronao — Mrs. Mattei
  • Accursio Di Leo — Sicilian character
  • Terenzio Cordova — police officer
  • Giuseppe Lo Presti — Sicilian character

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