The Mattei Affair (Il Caso Mattei)
Directed by	Francesco Rosi
Produced by	Franco Cristaldi
Written by	Tito Di Stefano Tonino Guerra
Starring	Gian Maria Volontè 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 min. Francesco Rosi (born November 15, 1922 in Naples) is an Italian Film director. Franco Cristaldi ( Turin, October 3, 1924 - Montecarlo, July 1, 1992) was an Italian film producer Tonino Guerra (born 16 March 1920) is an Italian poet writer and Screenwriter who has collaborated with some of the most prominent writers of Gian Maria Volontè ( April 9 1933 – December 6 1994) was an Italian actor Piero Piccioni ( December 6 1921 - July 23 2004) was an Italian Pianist, Organist, conductor, Composer Pasqualino De Santis ( 24 April, 1927 - 23 June 1996) was an Academy Award winning Italian Cinematographer. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The City of New York
Language	Italian
IMDb profile

The Mattei Affair (Italian: Il Caso Mattei) is a 1972 film directed by Francesco Rosi. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. Francesco Rosi (born November 15, 1922 in Naples) is an Italian Film director. It depicts the life and mysterious death of Enrico Mattei, an Italian businessman who in the aftermath of WW2 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. Enrico Mattei ( April 29, 1906 - October 27, 1962) was an Italian public administrator World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Eni SpA () is an Italian multinational oil and gas company with a presence in 70 countries currently Italy's largest industrial company with

The film shared the Grand Prix with The Working Class Goes to Heaven at the Cannes Film Festival in 1972. The Palme d'Or ( English: Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded to competing films at the Cannes Film Festival. The Working Class Goes to Heaven ( La classe operaia va in paradiso) is a 1971 film directed by Elio Petri. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, Italian star Gian Maria Volonté was the leading actor in both films. Gian Maria Volontè ( April 9 1933 – December 6 1994) was an Italian actor

External links

• Caso Mattei, Il at the Internet Movie Database
• Cannes profile

Awards
Preceded by The Go-Between	Grand Prix, Cannes Film Festival 1972 tied with The Working Class Goes to Heaven	Succeeded by The Hireling tied with Scarecrow

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