Mario Bonnard

Known for DirectingBorn 1889-06-21Died 1965-03-22Roma, Lazio, Italy

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.Read more

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Rome, 1585

La ladra

Stasera sciopero

La fanciulla di Portici

L'albero di Adamo

30 Seconds of Love

Fra Diavolo

Fra Diavolo

Die Flucht in den Zirkus

Il milione

The Other Me

I figli non si vendono

The Last Sentence

Rossini

Il ponte dei sospiri

La gerla di papà Martin

Il conte di Bréchard

Milizia territoriale

Il trattato scomparso

Cinque a zero

Die heiligen drei Brunnen

The Knights of the Mountain

The Marble Faun

The Fight for the Matterhorn

There's Room Up Ahead

Jeanne Doré

Il feroce saladino

La marche nuptiale

I Sing for You Alone

The Betrothed

The Last Performance

The Golden Abyss

Aphrodite, Goddess of Love

The Peddler and the Lady

Tormento del passato

Mi permette babbo!

Farewell, My Beautiful Naples

Che distinta famiglia!

The King's Jester

L'uomo del romanzo

Frenesia

Papà per una notte

Le masque qui tombe

Ève cherche un père

Die Sünderin

Papà Lebonnard

Nero and Agrippina

I Don't Know You Anymore