The Mattei Affair

Il caso Mattei

1972·116'

Francesco Rosi

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IT - Italian

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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.

Cast

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