Anne Wiazemsky agreed to act in the film without any payment, but limited herself to shooting only two days of filming.
The interiors of the film were shot in the 16th-century house of the Italian painter Tonino Caputo, who collaborated on the set design and played the role of the "painter".
Italian censorship visa # 53839 delivered on November 15, 1969.
"Capricci" is the only feature film of Carmelo Bene's that was not filmed by Mario Masini, his usual DOP.