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Vittorio Caprioli

Vittorio Caprioli

Actor, also writer · Died October 2, 1989, aged 68 · Napoli, Campania, Italia

Vittorio Caprioli (15 August 1921 – 2 October 1989) was an Italian film actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in 109 films between 1946 and 1990, mostly in French productions. He was born and died in Naples, Italy. Caprioli was born in Naples. Having graduated from the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico in Rome, he made his stage debut in 1942 in the Carli-Racca company. From 1945, he began his collaboration with the Italian public broadcaster, RAI, often together with Luciano Salce, creating magazine and variety programs. Arriving in 1948 at the Piccolo theatre in Milan, where under the direction of Giorgio Strehler he took part in William Shakespeare's The Tempest. At the beginning of 1950, he was cast alongside Alberto Bonucci and Gianni Cajafa for the Neapolitan Carosello musical theatrical work, directed by Ettore Giannini. A versatile interpreter, in 1950 he founded, with Bonucci and Franca Valeri the Teatro dei Gobbi, which proposed a subtly satirical type of show. In 1960, he married Valeri with whom he presented plays. They divorced in 1974. 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. He followed this with Paris, My Love and then a segment of I cuori infranti which was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. The Splendors and Miseries of Madame Royale in 1970 was generally considered to be his best film. He continued to appear on stage in between his films and was occasionally tempted by television, where he began his career in 1959, but he never really loved the small screen ("I suffer more than anything because of the absence of the public, which I consider an integral and irreplaceable part of the show in which I participate"). In the Sixties he acted in Village Wooing, directed by Antonello Falqui, and in 1972 he let himself be tempted by a television variety show, which he wrote and interpreted, Una Serata con Vittorio Caprioli. In his last years he returned to theater interpreting, among others, Don Marzio in Carlo Goldoni's Bottega del caffè, The Sunshine Boys by Neil Simon paired with Mario Carotenuto, and Capocomico in Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author. During the rehearsals of a interpretation of Napoli Milionaria, he died suddenly at the age of 68, in a room of one of the famous hotels on the promenade of Naples, struck down by a heart attack. Source: Article "Vittorio Caprioli" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Born
August 15, 1921
Died
October 2, 1989 (aged 68)
From
Napoli, Campania, Italia
Works as
Actor, also writer
Titles
30 on MovieCove · 107 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 18% in 30 days

What are Vittorio Caprioli's films like?

Across their 23 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Power.

Genres

Comedy13 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 39th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 67th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
31%
Power
22%
Morality
19%
Bonds
17%
Survival
5%
Society
4%
Ideas
1%
Deception7 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition4 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 23 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 15 · Serious 5 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 6 · Stylized 12 · Heightened 5

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 8 · Charged 13 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 11 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 12

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 5

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 16 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 18 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

10 analyzed roles

Usually the Threshold guardian: 3 of 10 analyzed roles.

Threshold guardian
3 of 10
Trickster
3 of 10
Shadow
2 of 10
Herald
1 of 10
Mentor
1 of 10
Show the 10 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
12
Absurd
13
Tense
7
Contemplative
5
Thrilling
3
Other
16

How their films linger

Fun12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy11
  • Bittersweet8
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Vittorio Caprioli's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 30 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Vittorio Caprioli's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

107 credits, 30 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Belmondo: The Incorrigible (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Actor

  • Dark Illness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Psicanalista

  • Taste of Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Riccardo

  • L'ultima scena (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Don Ferdinando Sbreglia

  • The Rogues(1987)

    as mozzafiato

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Stuff for the Rich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as il monsignore (2° episodio)

  • Capriccio(1987)

    as Don Vincenzo

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Cinderella '87 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 4 episodes · as Harry Cardone

  • Uno scandalo perbene (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Renzo

  • Cindy - Cinderella '80(1984)

    as Harry Cardone

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Petomaniac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Pitalugue

  • Neapolitan Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Director · Screenplay · Story

  • Più bello di così si muore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as conte Nereo Di Sanfilippo

  • Le rose et le blanc (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Luigi Martini

  • Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man(1981)

    as Maresciallo Angrisani

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Before It's Too Early (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Il professore

  • The Umbrella Coup(1980)

    as Don Barberini, mafioso italien

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Café Express (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Carmelo Improta

  • A Leap in the Dark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Mauro Ponticelli (voice)

  • Hypochondriac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Vincenzo

  • To Be Twenty(1978)

    as Nazariota

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Blood and Diamonds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Commissario Russo

  • La Presidentessa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Mazzone

  • Grazie tante arrivederci (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Proprietario bisca

  • Messalina, Messalina(1977)

    as Claudius

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • The Rip-Off (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Benjamin Bronchi

  • Latin Male Wanted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as don Carmine

  • Rulers of the City(1976)

    as Vinchenzo Napoli

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Wing or The Thigh?(1976)

    as Vittorio

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Groper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Tino Capoli / Lucki Capoli

  • The Landlord (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Onorevole Vincenzi

  • As of Tomorrow(1976)

    as Barbone

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Barons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Padre

  • Catherine & Co.(1975)

    as Moretti

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Messiah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Herod the Great

  • Kidnap Syndicate(1975)

    as Commissar Magrini

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The School Teacher(1975)

    as Fefe Mottola

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • L'ammazzatina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Commissario Pafuso

  • Vieni, vieni amore mio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Director · Writer

  • Erotomania (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as il ministro

  • I'm Losing My Temper(1974)

    as Le metteur en scène

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Shoot First, Die Later(1974)

    as Esposito

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Di mamma non ce n'è una sola (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Professor Goffredo

  • Innocence and Desire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Vincenzo Niscemi

  • The Governess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Alessandro Bonivaglia, lo scrittore

  • Le Magnifique(1973)

    Writer · as Georges Charron / Colonel Karpov

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • The Sensual Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Salvatore

  • Società a responsabilità molto limitata (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Il Ciancia

  • Io e lui (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Cutica

  • La colonna infame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Il commissario di sanità Guglielmo Piazza

  • Giovannona Long-Thigh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Onorevole Pedicò

  • A Full Day's Work (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Le Juré Mangiavacca

  • The Boss(1973)

    as Questore

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Poppea: A Prostitute in Service of the Emperor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Nero

  • When Women Were Called Virgins(1972)

    as Ser Cecco

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • All's Well(1972)

    as Factory Manager

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Even If I Wanted to Work, What Do I Do? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Nereo Tinelli aka Due Novembre

  • Hector the Mighty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Menalao

  • Trastevere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Father Ernesto

  • The Automobile (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Giggetto

  • Roma bene (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Il barone Maurizio Di Vittis

  • When Men Carried Clubs and Women Played Ding-Dong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Gran Profe

  • Er più: storia d'amore e di coltello(1971)

    as Er Cinese

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Le Mans, Shortcut to Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Luis (uncredited)

  • On the Day of the Lord (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Messer Anticoli

  • Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Director · as Bambola di Pechino

  • The Libertine(1968)

    as Il Libraio

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Listen, Let's Make Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Director · Screenplay · Story

  • Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Spinelli

  • Death on the Run (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Billy 'Pizza'

  • Anyone Can Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Dieb

  • Soldier's Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Settimo

  • Assicurasi vergine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Don Pippo Matara

  • Come imparai ad amare le donne(1966)

    as Playboy

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Adultery Italian Style (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Silvio Sasselli

  • Ischia operazione amore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Baron Domenico 'Mimì' Lo Russo

  • Me, Me, Me... and the Others(1966)

    as Finizio, Politician

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • A Maiden for the Prince (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Marchese Liginio

  • Violence and Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Il poeta

  • Woman Is a Wonderful Thing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Carlo (segment "Una donna dolce, dolce")

  • Easy Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Mauri (segment "Il vedovo bianco")

  • White Voices (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Matteuccio

  • The Maniacs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as The Husband (segment "il pezzo antico")

  • I cuori infranti (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Director · Screenplay · Story

  • The Shortest Day(1963)

    as Bersagliere alla stazione (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Paris, My Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Director · Screenplay · Story · as Avallone

  • Adieu Philippine(1962)

    as Pachala

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • His Days Are Numbered (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Professor

  • Leoni al sole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Director · Writer · as Giugiú

  • A porte chiuse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as commissario

  • Zazie in the Metro(1960)

    as Trouscaillon

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Recourse in Grace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Sergio

  • General Della Rovere(1959)

    as Aristide Banchelli

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • You're on Your Own (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Pino Calamari

  • The Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Attilio

  • Il borghese gentiluomo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Jourdain

  • Good night… lawyer! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Vittorio

  • Neapolitan Carousel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as paroliere amico di Luigino

  • The Anatomy of Love(1954)

    as Raffaele

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • It Happened in the Park(1953)

    as Commissioner of Morality (segment "Concorso Di Bellezza")

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Aida (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Uncredited

  • Eager to Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Pierra

  • Times Gone By (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as il marito di Mariantonia

  • Totó in color (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Il tenore balbuziente

  • Parigi è sempre Parigi(1951)

    as Tour guide (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Robinson Crusoeland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Monsieur Paltroni, avocat italien

  • Variety Lights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Night Club Comic

Career shape

Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 107 titles from 1950 to 2022; peak year 1974.

Highest rated

General Della Rovere (1959)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

The School Teacher (1975)

Film career

19502022

Peak 1974 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting103 of 107: 99 only acting, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score49thDirecting7 of 107: 0 only directing, 7 with another roleWriting7 of 107: 0 only writing, 7 with another role

107 titles, 8 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1950s15 · acting1960s26 · 24 acting · 4 crew1970s47 · 46 acting · 3 crew1980s17 · 16 acting · 1 crew1990s1 · acting2020s1 · acting

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 0% of 30 roles
50607580

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Vittorio Caprioli's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 49th percentile, the median of all 30; across their 23 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 49th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Approval · how many liked their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Reach · how many have seen their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Midcredits score across 30 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th11
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

14 of their 30 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser14
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · actor

The School Teacher (1975)

78th percentile spread · 31% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

General Della Rovere (1959)

Midcredits 96th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the acting 63/100 in their films, across 18 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Vittorio Caprioli's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 55 · moderateMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Vittorio Caprioli work with?

People who share at least 2 of Vittorio Caprioli's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Fernando Di Leo shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles