
The Mattei Affair ( 1972 )
"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.
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

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

Nino Drago
journalist

Néstor Garay
journalist

Felice Fulchignoni
Sicilian character

Sennuccio Benelli
Self / journalist

Furio Colombo
Mattei's assistant

Ugo Zatterin
Self / journalist

Blaise Morrissey
American oilman

Gianni Farneti
Self / journalist

Alessio Baume
"Time" journalist

Umberto D'Arrò
Self / journalist

Salvo Licata
Self / journalist

Giuseppe Rosselli
Self / journalist

Ferruccio Parri
Self (archival footage)

Michele Pantaleone
Self

Arrigo Benedetti
Self

Thyraud De Vosjoli
Self

Francesco Rosi
Self (uncredited)

Andrea Artoni
Self / flight assistant (uncredited)

Edy Biagetti
Mattei's bodyguard (uncredited)
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