The Mattei Affair
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“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.
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Cast
38 people
Gian Maria Volonté
Enrico Mattei
Known for
A Fistful of Dollars
For a Few Dollars More
Luigi Squarzina
liberal journalist
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Identikit
Peter Baldwin
William McHale
Known for
The Possessed
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Renato Romano
journalist
Known for
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Seven Blood-Stained Orchids
Franco Graziosi
Minister of State partecipations
Known for
The Great Beauty
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Gianfranco Ombuen
Mr. Ferrari, the engineer
Also in
The Man of the Winds
Il giocatore
Elio Jotta
head of the Committee of Inquiry
Also in
The Ghost
Maciste In King Solomon's Mines
Luciano Colitti
Irnerio Bertuzzi
Known for
Lucky Luciano
Edda Ferronao
Mrs. Mattei
Known for
Il Sorpasso
My Friends
Accursio Di Leo
Sicilian character
Known for
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Terenzio Cordova
police officer
Known for
Hands Over the City
Giuseppe Lo Presti
Sicilian character
Also in
One Hundred Days in Palermo
Mastro Don Gesualdo
Francesco Rosi Director · Tonino Guerra Screenplay Fulvio Bellini Author
First release January 26, 1972 · Produced in Italy · Languages English, Italian
Production
Vides Cinematografica
Production
Verona Produzione
Production
Paramount Pictures
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Italy
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Languages
Original title
Il caso Mattei
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
English · Italian
Release dates
Italy · January 26, 1972
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
May 4, 1972 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
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