Person · Director, actor and screenwriter · Active 1942–1989
Vittorio Caprioli
1921–1989, Naples
Italian director, actor and screenwriter, born in Naples. Appeared in 40 films on this site, including Variety Lights (1950), General Della Rovere (1959) and The Wing or the Thigh (1976).
He appeared in 109 films between 1946 and 1990, mostly in French productions.
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He appeared in cinema as a character actor and made his directorial debut in 1961 with Lions In the Sun, which was later selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved.
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Regulars
Films in this guide
Best known
- Variety Lights 1950actor
- General Della Rovere 1959actor
- The Wing or the Thigh 1976actor
- Zazie in the Metro 1960actor, as Pedro Surplus
- Le Magnifique 1973actor, screenwriter
- Atoll K 1951actor
1950s
1960s
- Recourse in Grace (1960)actor
- Zazie in the Metro (1960)actor, as Pedro Surplus
- Behind Closed Doors (1961)actor
- A Maiden for a Prince (1965)actor
- Adultery Italian Style (1966)actor
- How I Learned to Love Women (1966)actor
- Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966)actor
- Scusi, facciamo l'amore? (1967)director, screenwriter
- Anyone Can Play (1968)actor
1970s
- Er Più – storia d'amore e di coltello (1971)actor
- Roma Bene (1971)actor
- Trastevere (1971)actor
- Hector the Mighty (1972)actor
- The Infamous Column (1972)actor
- Tout Va Bien (1972)actor
- Le Magnifique (1973)actor, screenwriter
- The Sensual Man (1973)actor
- Lucky Pierre (1974)actor
- Catherine & Co. (1975)actor
- Kidnap Syndicate (1975)actor
- Ab morgen sind wir reich und ehrlich (1976)actor
- The Groper (1976)actor
- The Wing or the Thigh (1976)actor
- Blood and Diamonds (1978)actor
- Hypochondriac (1979)actor
1980s
1990s
- Dark Illness (1990)actor