The Mattei Affair (1972)
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.
- Released
- 1972-01-26
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Francesco Rosi, Tonino Guerra, Francesco Rosi
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 from 126 votes
Cast
- Gian Maria Volonté as Enrico Mattei
- Luigi Squarzina as liberal journalist
- Peter Baldwin as William McHale
- Renato Romano as journalist
- Franco Graziosi as Minister of State partecipations
- Gianfranco Ombuen as Mr. Ferrari, the engineer
- Elio Jotta as head of the Committee of Inquiry
- Luciano Colitti as Irnerio Bertuzzi
- Edda Ferronao as Mrs. Mattei
- Accursio Di Leo as Sicilian character
- Terenzio Cordova as police officer
- Giuseppe Lo Presti as Sicilian character