
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.
Acting (9 movies)
Directing (62 movies)

The Last Days of Pompeii
1959

L'albero di Adamo
1936

The Rape of the Sabine
1945

Mi permette babbo!
1956

Cinque a zero
1932

The Peddler and the Lady
1943

I figli non si vendono
1952

City of Pain
1949
Fra Diavolo
1931

Margaret of Cortona
1950

Aphrodite, Goddess of Love
1958

La ladra
1955

Il conte di Bréchard
1938

There's Room Up Ahead
1942

L'uomo del romanzo
1940
Il milione
1920
Papà Lebonnard
1920
Treno di lusso
1917

Milizia territoriale
1936

Frenesia
1939
The three holy fountains
1930

Frine cortigiana d'Oriente
1953
Der Ruf des Nordens
1929

Rome, 1585
1961

Gastone
1960
Che distinta famiglia!
1945

Night of Love
1954

The King's Jester
1941

Rossini
1942
Stasera sciopero
1951

The Son of the White Mountain
1930

The Last Sentence
1951

No Women
1932

Ève cherche un père
1933
Jeanne Doré
1938

Papà per una notte
1939

Il feroce saladino
1937

I Don't Know You Anymore
1936

The Fight for the Matterhorn
1928

The Golden Abyss
1927
The Other Me
1917

Il ponte dei sospiri
1940
Die Flucht in den Zirkus
1926
Il trattato scomparso
1933
Die Sünderin
1928
Le masque qui tombe
1934

I Sing for You Alone
1933

Fra Diavolo
1931

The Knights of the Mountain
1930

La marche nuptiale
1935

La fanciulla di Portici
1940

The Marble Faun
1920

The Last Performance
1928
Anschluß um Mitternacht
1929

Tormento del passato
1952

The Betrothed
1922

The Promise
1950

I, His Father
1939

La gerla di papà Martin
1940

Farewell, My Beautiful Naples
1946

30 Seconds of Love
1936
La gerla di Papà Martin
1924








