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The Mattei Affair

The Mattei Affair

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 26, 1972

Runtime

1h 50m

Genres

Drama

User Score

75%

Original Title

Il caso Mattei

Production Companies

Vides Cinematografica, Verona Produzione

Director

Francesco Rosi

Description

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.