Vittorio Caprioli


Vittorio Caprioli was an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in 109 films between 1946 and 1990, mostly in French productions.

Biography

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 performer, 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. In the 1960s, 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 performed, Una Serata con Vittorio Caprioli.
In his last years he returned to theater performing, among others, Don Marzio in Carlo Goldoni's La 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.

Selected filmography

O sole mio Manù il contrabbandiere Variety Lights Atoll K Paris Is Always Paris Husband and Wife Toto in Color In Olden Days Eager to Live Aida It Happened in the Park A [Slice of Life (1954 film)|A Slice of Life] Neapolitan Carousel Buonanotte... avvocato! The Law General Della Rovere You're on Your Own Recours en grâce - SergioZazie dans le Métro Behind Closed Doors Leoni al sole Adieu Philippine His Days Are Numbered Paris, My Love I cuori infranti I maniaci White Voices - MatteuccioLa donna è una cosa meravigliosa Amore facile The Myth Me, Me, Me... and the Others A Maiden for a Prince Ischia operazione amore Adultery Italian Style How I Learned to Love Women Insurance on a Virgin La ragazza del bersagliere Death on the Run Anyone Can Play Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare The Libertine Le Mans, Shortcut to Hell Nel giorno del signore Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale Er Più – storia d'amore e di coltello When Men Carried Clubs and Women Played Ding-Dong Roma Bene Trastevere Hector the Mighty Tout Va Bien When Women Were Called Virgins Poppea: A Prostitute in Service of the Emperor Anche se volessi lavorare, che faccio? The Infamous Column Il Boss A Full Day's Work Giovannona Long-Thigh Io e lui The Sensual Man Le Magnifique Società a responsabilità molto limitata La governante Innocence and Desire Shoot First, Die Later I'm Losing My Temper Erotomania Di mamma non ce n'è una sola Le Magnifique L'ammazzatina The School Teacher Kidnap Syndicate The Messiah Catherine & Co. I baroni As of Tomorrow Le trouble-fesses The Wing or the Thigh Mister Scarface Maschio latino cercasi La Bidonata Messalina, Messalina La presidentessa Grazie tante - Arrivederci Blood and Diamonds Being Twenty C'est dingue... mais on y va Hypochondriac L'affittacamere Café Express The Umbrella Coup Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man Prima che sia troppo presto Le rose et le blanc Più bello di così si muore Stangata napoletana Petomaniac Cinderella '80 A Proper Scandal Capriccio Roba da ricchi The Rogues La posta in gioco Tutta colpa della SIP L'ultima scena Una botta di vita