Mario Bonnard
Known for: Directing
Born: June 21, 1889
Died: March 22, 1965
Place of birth: Roma, 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.
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Filmography
73 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
10.0
Rome, 1585
1961
6.0
Gastone
1960
6.3
The Last Days of Pompeii
1959
7.4
Aphrodite, Goddess of Love
1958
6.9
Mi permette babbo!
1956
10.0
La ladra
1955
6.2
They Stole a Tram
1954
6.5
Night of Love
1954
6.0
Frine cortigiana d'Oriente
1953
9.0
I figli non si vendono
1952
7.0
Tormento del passato
195210.0
Stasera sciopero
1951
9.0
The Last Sentence
1951
6.0
The Promise
1950
5.8
Margaret of Cortona
1950
5.9
City of Pain
1949
7.0
Farewell, My Beautiful Naples
1946
6.0
The Rape of the Sabine
19457.0
Che distinta famiglia!
1945
7.3
The Peddler and the Lady
1943
8.0
There's Room Up Ahead
1942
9.0
Rossini
1942
7.0
The King's Jester
1941
10.0
La fanciulla di Portici
1940
9.0
Il ponte dei sospiri
1940
7.0
L'uomo del romanzo
1940
9.0
La gerla di papà Martin
1940
7.0
Frenesia
1939
7.0
Papà per una notte
1939
6.5
I, His Father
19398.0
Jeanne Doré
1938
9.0
Il conte di Bréchard
1938
8.0
Il feroce saladino
1937
10.0
30 Seconds of Love
1936
9.0
Milizia territoriale
1936
6.7
I Don't Know You Anymore
1936
10.0
L'albero di Adamo
1936
8.0
La marche nuptiale
19357.0
Le masque qui tombe
1934
7.0
Ève cherche un père
1933
8.0
I Sing for You Alone
19339.0
Il trattato scomparso
1933
9.0
Cinque a zero
1932
6.5
No Women
193210.0
Fra Diavolo
1931
10.0
Fra Diavolo
1931
9.0
The Knights of the Mountain
1930
5.3
The Son of the White Mountain
19309.0
Die heiligen drei Brunnen
19305.8
Der Ruf des Nordens
1929NR
Anschluß um Mitternacht
1929
8.3
The Fight for the Matterhorn
1928
8.0
The Last Performance
19287.0
Die Sünderin
1928
8.0
The Golden Abyss
192710.0
Die Flucht in den Zirkus
1926
NR
La gerla di Papà Martin
1924
8.1
The Betrothed
192210.0
Il milione
19207.0
Papà Lebonnard
1920
9.0
The Marble Faun
192010.0
The Other Me
1917NR
Treno di lusso
1917
7.0
Nero and Agrippina
1914
NR
La memoria dell'altro
1913
5.8
Love Everlasting
1913
5.5
Satan
1912
6.9
Parsifal
1912
6.0
Love Amongst the Lions
19125.0
La nave dei leoni
19124.0
A Game of Chess
1912NR
Le mannequin
1912
10.0
Marco Visconti
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