The Mattei Affair (1972)

7.5/10 116 min Drama History

Overview

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

Edda Ferronao

Mrs. Mattei

Accursio Di Leo

Sicilian character

Terenzio Cordova

police officer

Giuseppe Lo Presti

Sicilian character

Camillo Milli

TV journalist

Aldo Barberito

Mauro De Mauro

Jean Rougeul

French journalist

Dario Michaelis

Carabinieri officer

Vittorio Fanfoni

journalist

Néstor Garay

journalist

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