Enzo Ferrari's Hollywood horsepower - Automotive News

There's something irresistible about the life of Enzo Ferrari that continues to fascinate filmmakers. The film is said to feature several periods in Ferrari's eventful life, particularly 1957, the year a Ferrari driven by Spanish driver Alfonso de Portago crashed at the Mille Miglia, killing de Portago, his co-driver and nine spectators. Ferrari was indicted on manslaughter charges and eventually acquitted in a trial that dragged on until 1961. De Portago was one of a number of race drivers killed driving Ferraris. In 2003, Sergio Castellitto played the young Ferrari in an Italian film that focused on Ferrari's life before and during World War II and his relationship with his first son, Dino, who suffered from a form of muscular dystrophy and died in 1956 at... Source: www.autonews.com