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.

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 (38)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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

L

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

N

Nino Drago

journalist

Néstor Garay

journalist

F

Felice Fulchignoni

Sicilian character

S

Sennuccio Benelli

Self / journalist

Furio Colombo

Mattei's assistant

U

Ugo Zatterin

Self / journalist

B

Blaise Morrissey

American oilman

G

Gianni Farneti

Self / journalist

A

Alessio Baume

"Time" journalist

U

Umberto D'Arrò

Self / journalist

S

Salvo Licata

Self / journalist

G

Giuseppe Rosselli

Self / journalist

F

Ferruccio Parri

Self (archival footage)

M

Michele Pantaleone

Self

A

Arrigo Benedetti

Self

T

Thyraud De Vosjoli

Self

Francesco Rosi

Self (uncredited)

A

Andrea Artoni

Self / flight assistant (uncredited)

Edy Biagetti

Mattei's bodyguard (uncredited)

Giovanna Gravina Volonté

Self / Little Girl at Reception in Sicily (uncredited)

Gianni Rubens

Farmer (uncredited)

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