| The Mattei Affair (Il Caso Mattei) |
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| Directed by | Francesco Rosi |
| Produced by | Franco Cristaldi |
| Written by | Tito Di Stefano Tonino Guerra |
| Starring | Gian Maria Volonté Luigi Squarzina Gianfranco Ombuen |
| Music by | Piero Piccioni |
| Cinematography | Pasqualino De Santis |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | May, 1972 (premiere at Cannes) 20 May 1973 (NYC only) |
| Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
The Mattei Affair (Italian: Il Caso Mattei) is a 1972 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.
The film shared the Grand Prix with The Working Class Goes to Heaven at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.[1] Italian star Gian Maria Volonté was the leading actor in both films.
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