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Verona Produzione
The Mattei Affair (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.
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.
Key Crew
Director: Francesco Rosi
Screenplay: Tonino Guerra, Francesco Rosi
Producer: Franco Cristaldi
Director of Photography: Pasqualino De Santis
Story: Francesco Rosi, Tonino Guerra
Top 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
