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