Mario Bonnard
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1889-06-21
Day of Death
1965-03-22 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Roma, Lazio, Italy
Mario Bonnard
Biography
Mario Bonnard (24 December 1889 – 22 March 1965) was an Italian actor and film director.
Bonnard was born and died in Rome. He began his cinematic career as an actor becoming a popular romantic lead in numerous silent films made before World War I. In 1917, he ventured into film directing for the first time. Before the arrival of sound films he worked for a period in Germany in films directed by Luis Trenker.
Back in Italy in 1932, he became a prolific director working with the major stars of the time as: Assia Noris, Elsa Merlini, Amedeo Nazzari, and Luisa Ferida. Il feroce Saladino (1937) was the most popular of his films of the 1930s.
During the war he continued to work. In the post World War II period his films, ranging from comedies to period dramas enjoyed much success. However, today he's no longer well known. One of his last films was The Last Days of Pompeii (1959). An illness made him leave production early, so the film was completed by Sergio Leone.
His brother was the composer Giulio Bonnard, who frequently wrote film scores for Mario's productions.
Known For
Acting
(1920)
(1917)
Treno di lusso
as Ingegnere Walter
(1917)
(1914)
Nero and Agrippina
as Petronio
(1913)
La memoria dell'altro
as Mario
(1913)
Love Everlasting
as Prince Maximilien of Wallenstein
(1912)
Nelly, the Tamer
as Il Conte Vilhelm
(1912)
Parsifal
as Amfortas
(1912)
(1912)
Satan
as Satana
(1909)
Crew
Marco Visconti
Director
(1961)
Rome, 1585
Director, Screenplay
(1960)
Gastone
Director, Screenplay
(1959)
The Last Days of Pompeii
Director
(1958)
Aphrodite, Goddess of Love
Director, Story, Screenplay
(1956)
Mi permette babbo!
Director
(1955)
La ladra
Director, Story, Screenplay
(1954)
Night of Love
Director, Story, Screenplay
(1954)
They Stole a Tram
Screenplay
(1953)
Frine cortigiana d'Oriente
Director, Writer
(1952)
I figli non si vendono
Director, Story, Screenplay
(1952)
Tormento del passato
Story, Director
(1951)
Stasera sciopero
Writer, Director
(1951)
The Last Sentence
Screenplay, Director
(1950)
Margaret of Cortona
Director, Writer
(1950)
The Promise
Screenplay, Director
(1949)
City of Pain
Screenplay, Director
(1946)
Farewell, My Beautiful Naples
Director, Writer
(1945)
The Rape of the Sabine
Director, Screenplay
(1945)
Che distinta famiglia!
Director
(1943)
The Peddler and the Lady
Director, Screenplay
(1942)
There's Room Up Ahead
Director
(1942)
Rossini
Director, Screenplay
(1941)
The King's Jester
Director, Screenplay
(1940)
L'uomo del romanzo
Director, Screenplay
(1940)
La fanciulla di Portici
Screenplay, Director, Writer
(1940)
Il ponte dei sospiri
Director, Screenplay
(1940)
La gerla di papà Martin
Screenplay, Director
(1939)
Frenesia
Director
(1939)
Papà per una notte
Director
(1939)
I, His Father
Writer, Director
(1938)
Il conte di Bréchard
Director, Screenplay
(1938)
Jeanne Doré
Director, Screenplay
(1937)
Il feroce saladino
Screenplay, Director
(1936)
L'albero di Adamo
Director
(1936)
30 Seconds of Love
Screenplay, Director
(1936)
Milizia territoriale
Director
(1936)
I Don't Know You Anymore
Director
(1935)
La marche nuptiale
Director
(1934)
Le masque qui tombe
Director
(1933)
Ève cherche un père
Director
(1933)
Il trattato scomparso
Producer, Editor, Director, Screenplay
(1933)
I Sing for You Alone
Director
(1932)
Cinque a zero
Director, Editor, Screenplay
(1932)
No Women
Director
(1931)
Fra Diavolo
Director, Screenplay
(1931)
Fra Diavolo
Screenplay, Director
(1930)
The three holy fountains
Director
(1930)
The Knights of the Mountain
Writer, Director
(1930)
The Son of the White Mountain
Director, Screenplay
(1929)
Der Ruf des Nordens
Director
(1929)
Anschluß um Mitternacht
Director
(1928)
The Fight for the Matterhorn
Director
(1928)
Die Sünderin
Director
(1928)
The Last Performance
Director
(1927)
The Golden Abyss
Director
(1926)
Die Flucht in den Zirkus
Director
(1922)
The Betrothed
Writer, Director
(1920)
Il milione
Director
(1920)
Papà Lebonnard
Screenplay, Director
(1920)
The Marble Faun
Director
(1917)
Treno di lusso
Director
(1917)
The Other Me
Writer, Director