Mario Bonnard

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1889-06-21

Deathday 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

Director

Marco Visconti

as Director

1961
Rome, 1585

as Director

1960
Gastone

as Director

1959
1956
Mi permette babbo!

as Director

1955
La ladra

as Director

1954
Night of Love

as Director

1952
1952
1951
Stasera sciopero

as Director

1951
The Last Sentence

as Director

1950
1950
Il voto

as Director

1949
City of Pain

as Director

1945
1945
1943
1942
1942
Rossini

as Director

1941
The King's Jester

as Director

1940
L'uomo del romanzo

as Director

1940
1940
1940
1939
Frenesia

as Director

1939
1939
I, His Father

as Director

1938
1938
Jeanne Doré

as Director

1937
Il feroce saladino

as Director

1936
L'albero di Adamo

as Director

1936
1936
1936
30 Seconds of Love

as Director

1935
La marche nuptiale

as Director

1934
1933
1933
1933
1932
Cinque a zero

as Director

1932
No Women

as Director

1931
Fra Diavolo

as Director

1931
Fra Diavolo

as Director

1930
1929
1929
1928
Die Sünderin

as Director

1928
1927
The Golden Abyss

as Director

1926
1922
The Betrothed

as Director

1920
Il milione

as Director

1920
Papà Lebonnard

as Director

1920
The Marble Faun

as Director

1917
Treno di lusso

as Director

1917
The Other Me

as Director

Writer

1961
Rome, 1585

as Screenplay

1960
Gastone

as Screenplay

1958
1955
La ladra

as Screenplay

1955
La ladra

as Story

1954
Night of Love

as Screenplay

1954
Night of Love

as Story

1954
They Stole a Tram

as Screenplay

1952
1951
1951
The Last Sentence

as Screenplay

1950
1950
Il voto

as Screenplay

1949
City of Pain

as Screenplay

1945
1943
1942
Rossini

as Screenplay

1941
The King's Jester

as Screenplay

1940
L'uomo del romanzo

as Screenplay

1940
1940
1939
I, His Father

as Writer

1938
Il conte di Bréchard

as Screenplay

1938
Jeanne Doré

as Screenplay

1937
Il feroce saladino

as Screenplay

1936
30 Seconds of Love

as Screenplay

1933
Il trattato scomparso

as Screenplay

1932
Cinque a zero

as Screenplay

1931
Fra Diavolo

as Screenplay

1931
Fra Diavolo

as Screenplay

1922
The Betrothed

as Writer

1920
Papà Lebonnard

as Screenplay

1917
The Other Me

as Writer

Actor

1917
Treno di lusso

as Ingegnere Walter

1914
Nero and Agrippina

as Petronio

1913
Love Everlasting

as Prince Maximilien of Wallenstein

1912
Satan

as Satana

1912
Parsifal

as Amfortas

1912
Nelly, the Tamer

as Il Conte Vilhelm

Editor

1933
1932
Cinque a zero

as Editor

Producer

1933