The Mattei Affair

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.

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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.

Original titleIl caso Mattei

Release1972-01-26

Runtime116 min

StatusReleased

CountriesItaly

Original languageIT

SpokenEnglish, Italian

DirectorFrancesco Rosi

WritersTonino Guerra, Nerio Minuzzo, Tito De Stefano, Fulvio Bellini, Alessandro Previdi, Francesco Rosi

ProductionVides Cinematografica, Verona Produzione

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