Directed by:
Francesco RosiCinematography:
Pasqualino De SantisComposer:
Piero PiccioniCast:
Gian Maria Volonté, Francesco Rosi, Peter Baldwin, Renato Romano, Dario Michaelis, Accursio Di Leo, Aldo Barberito, Franco Graziosi, Stavros Tornes (more)Plots(1)
On 27 October 1962, 56-year-old Enrico Mattei, the president of Italy's state-run oil company ENI was killed in a mysterious plane crash in northern Italy. An inquiry gave cause for criticism and suspicions of sabotage were voiced. Rosi's film focuses on the case and also reconstructs in fragmentary form the life and work of Enrico Mattei. "Rosi and Gian Maria Volonté are to be held in the highest esteem for having created a very intelligent film that is brilliantly constructed, one that provides both a fascinating portrait of an unusual personality as well as a razor sharp examination of social realities." (Kurt Horlacher, Medium, September 1973) (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Gian Maria Volonté
Italy
Best movies:
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
The Moro Affair (1986)
Francesco Rosi
Italy
Best movies:
The Mattei Case (1972)
Peter Baldwin
USA
Best movies:
Stalag 17 (1953)
Teacher's Pet (1958)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Renato Romano
Italy
Best movies:
An Average Little Man (1977)
Holy Year (1976)
The Mattei Case (1972)
Dario Michaelis
Argentina
Best movies:
The Mattei Case (1972)
Quo Vadis (1951)
Lust of the Vampire (1957)
Accursio Di Leo
Italy
Best movies:
Georges Bizet: Carmen (1984)
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
The Mattei Case (1972)
Aldo Barberito
Italy
Best movies:
The Mattei Case (1972)
Rome Armed to the Teeth (1976)
They Call Me Hallelujah (1971)
Franco Graziosi
Italy
Best movies:
The Mattei Case (1972)
The Octopus (1984) (series)
A Fistful of Dynamite (1971)
Stavros Tornes
Greece
Best movies:
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
The Mattei Case (1972)
Many Wars Ago (1970)
Jean Rougeul
France
Best movies:
Two Men in Town (1973)
The Mattei Case (1972)
The Monsters (1963)
Edda Ferronao
Italy
Best movies:
Teresa la ladra (1972)
1900 (1976)
The Organiser (1963)
Camillo Milli
Best movies:
Padre Pio: Miracle Man (2000) (TV movie)
Fantozzi Against the Wind (1980)
The Mattei Case (1972)
Vittorio Fanfoni
Italy
Best movies:
1900 (1976)
Conversation Piece (1974)
I Am Afraid (1977)
Néstor Garay
Argentina
Best movies:
Allegro non troppo (1976)
The Mattei Case (1972)
Le due vite di Mattia Pascal (1985)