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.
116 mins
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.
Luciano Colitti
Irnerio Bertuzzi
Dario Michaelis
Carabinieri officer
Nino Drago
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)
Arrigo Benedetti
Self
Andrea Artoni
Self / flight assistant (uncredited)
Nerio Minuzzo
Co-Writer
Tito De Stefano
Co-Writer
Marco Guarnaschelli
First Assistant Director
Fulvio Bellini
Novel
Alessandro Previdi
Novel
Enzo Consolini
Administration
Giovanni Fiore Coltellacci
Assistant Camera
Enzo Porcelli
Production Assistant
Mario Cimini
Camera Operator
Mario Bramonti
Sound
Mario Morigi
Sound Mixer
Franca Invernizzi
Script Supervisor
Marcello Mastrogirolamo
Assistant Camera
Lea Mazzocchi
Assistant Editor
Gian Maria Avetta
Unit Manager
Antonio Sarno
Unit Manager
Giovanni Manganelli
Production Secretary
Andrea Crisanti
Production Design
Franco Carretti
Costume Design