The Mattei Affair (1972)

Status: Released
Original Language: Italian
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Production: Vides Cinematografica, Verona Produzione
Production Countries: Italy
Spoken Languages: English, Italian

Name: The Mattei Affair
Genre: Drama
Released: 1972-01-26
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Gian Maria Volonté, Luigi Squarzina, Peter Baldwin, Renato Romano, Franco Graziosi

Jan 26, 1972 Drama 1h 56m

75%

User Score

7.6/10

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.