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The Mattei Affair ()

Il caso Mattei (original title)
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An Italian industrialist died in a plane crash. An accident or an assassination?

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Enrico Mattei
Luigi Squarzina ...
Journalist
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William McHale
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Journalist
Franco Graziosi ...
Minister
Gianfranco Ombuen ...
Methane Well Engineer Ferrai
Elio Jotta ...
Head of Inquiry Commission
Edda Ferronao ...
Mrs. Mattei
Luciano Colitti ...
Irnerio Bertuzzi
Accursio Di Leo ...
Sicilian Personaity
Terenzio Cordova ...
Police Officer
Giuseppe Lo Presti ...
Sicilian Personality 2
Camillo Milli ...
Journalist
Aldo Barberito ...
Journalist
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French Journalist
Dario Michaelis ...
Carabiniere Officer
Vittorio Fanfoni ...
Journalist
Nino Drago ...
Journalist
Néstor Garay ...
Journalist
Felice Fulchignoni ...
Sicilian Peroanality 3
Sennuccio Benelli ...
Journalist
Furio Colombo ...
Mattei's Assistant
Ugo Zatterin ...
Journalist
Blaise Morrissey ...
American Oil Industrialist
Gianni Farneti ...
Journalist
Alessio Baume ...
'Time' Journalist
Umberto D'Arrò ...
Journalist
Salvo Licata ...
Journalist
Giuseppe Rosselli ...
Journalist
Ferruccio Parri ...
Self (archiveFootage) (as Sen. Ferruccio Parri)
Michele Pantaleone ...
Self (as On. Michele Pantaleone)
Arrigo Benedetti ...
Self
Thyraud De Vosjoli ...
Self
Fulvio Bellini ...
Self (as F. Bellini)
Alessandro Previdi ...
Self (as A. Previdi)
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Directed by

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Francesco Rosi

Written by

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Francesco Rosi ... (story) and
Tonino Guerra ... (story)
 
Francesco Rosi ... (screenplay) and
Tonino Guerra ... (screenplay)
 
Nerio Minuzzo ... (collaboration) and
Tito Di Stefano ... (collaboration)

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Franco Cristaldi ... producer

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Piero Piccioni

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Pasqualino De Santis

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Ruggero Mastroianni

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Lea Mazzocchi ... assistant editor

Production Design by

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Andrea Crisanti

Costume Design by

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Franco Carretti

Production Management

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Gian Maria Avetta ... unit manager
Gino Millozza ... production manager
Antonio Sarno ... unit manager (as Tonino Sarno)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Marco Guarnascheli ... assistant director (as Marco Guarnaschelli)

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Gilles Barberis ... audio restorer
Mario Bramonti ... sound
Italo Cameracanna ... foley artist (uncredited)

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Mario Cimini ... camera operator
Giovanni Fiore Coltellacci ... assistant camera (as Gianni Fiore)
Marcello Mastrogirolamo ... assistant camera

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Franca Invernizzi ... continuity (as Franca Santi)

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Enzo Consolini ... administrator
Mario Maldesi ... assistant dubbing director
Gianni Manganelli ... production secretary
Vittorio Musy Glori ... dubbing director
Enzo Porcelli ... production collaborator (as Vincenzo Porcelli)
Carlo Baccarini ... voice dubbing (uncredited)
Corrado Gaipa ... voice dubbing (uncredited)
Romano Malaspina ... voice dubbing (uncredited)
Richard McNamara ... voice dubbing: Blaise Morrissey (uncredited)
Mariano Rigillo ... voice dubbing: Aldo Barberito (uncredited)
Silvio Spaccesi ... voice dubbing: Furio Colombo (uncredited)
Jacques Stany ... voice dubbing (uncredited)
Elio Zamuto ... voice dubbing (uncredited)

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Plot Summary

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. October 27, 1962, he died when his private airplane crashed, one minute before it should land at Milan airport. Officially, he died of a flight accident. Actually, many journalists explored other plausible reasons for the untimely landing of the small aircraft. Written by Artemis-9

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Taglines 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 See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Mattei Affair (Canada, English title)
  • The Mattei Affair (United States)
  • L'affaire Mattei (France)
  • El caso Mattei (Spain)
  • 黒い砂漠 (Japan, Japanese title)
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  • 116 min
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Did You Know?

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Movie Connections Featured in The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth (2004). See more »
Quotes Enrico Mattei: IF they want to kill me, let them do it.
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