---
title: 'The Mattei Affair (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Francesco Rosi'
released: '1972-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 110
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-mattei-affair-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068346/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Mattei Affair (1972)

1972 · 110 min · Drama · Italy

Original title: Il caso Mattei

## Synopsis

The Mattei Affair is a 1972 Italian drama film directed by Francesco Rosi. It depicts the life and mysterious death of Enrico Mattei, an Italian businessman who in the aftermath of World War II managed to avoid the sale of the nascent Italian oil and hydrocarbon industry to US companies and developed them in the Eni, a state-owned oil company which rivaled the "Seven Sisters" for oil and gas deals in Northern African and Middle Eastern countries.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Francesco Rosi](https://cinepixo.com/people/francesco-rosi)
- **Screenplay:** [Francesco Rosi](https://cinepixo.com/people/francesco-rosi), [Tonino Guerra](https://cinepixo.com/people/tonino-guerra)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Piero Piccioni](https://cinepixo.com/people/piero-piccioni)
- **Producer:** [Franco Cristaldi](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-cristaldi)
- **Director of Photography:** [Pasqualino De Santis](https://cinepixo.com/people/pasqualino-de-santis)
- **Editor:** [Ruggero Mastroianni](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruggero-mastroianni)

## Cast

- [Camillo Milli](https://cinepixo.com/people/camillo-milli) as giornalista
- [Gian Maria Volonte](https://cinepixo.com/people/gian-maria-volonte) as Enrico Mattei
- [Aldo Barberito](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-barberito) as Mauro De Mauro
- [Franco Graziosi](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-graziosi)
- [Peter Baldwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-baldwin)
- [Arrigo Benedetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/arrigo-benedetti) as self
- [Michele Pantaleone](https://cinepixo.com/people/michele-pantaleone) as self
- [Stavros Tornes](https://cinepixo.com/people/stavros-tornes)
- [Renato Romano](https://cinepixo.com/people/renato-romano)
- [Philippe Thyraud de Vosjoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-thyraud-de-vosjoli) as self
- [Luigi Squarzina](https://cinepixo.com/people/luigi-squarzina)
- [Ferruccio Parri](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferruccio-parri) as self
- [Francesco Rosi](https://cinepixo.com/people/francesco-rosi) as self
- [Dario Michaelis](https://cinepixo.com/people/dario-michaelis)
- [Jean Rougeul](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-rougeul)

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