The Mattei Affair

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.

• Francesco RosiDirector
• Tonino GuerraScreenplay
• Piero PiccioniOriginal Music Composer
• Francesco RosiScreenplay

• Gian Maria VolontéEnrico Mattei
• Luigi Squarzinaliberal journalist
• Peter BaldwinWilliam McHale
• Renato Romanojournalist
• Franco GraziosiMinister of State partecipations
• Gianfranco OmbuenMr. Ferrari, the engineer
• Elio Jottahead of the Committee of Inquiry
• Luciano ColittiIrnerio Bertuzzi
• Edda FerronaoMrs. Mattei
• Accursio Di LeoSicilian character
• Terenzio Cordovapolice officer
• Giuseppe Lo PrestiSicilian character