Directing
Mario Bonnard
ES, IT, FR, DE cinema · 75 credits
Born
21 June 1889
Died
22 March 1965 (aged 75)
Birthplace
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.
Known for
Filmography
Marco Visconti
Director
Rome, 1585
Director, Screenplay
Gastone
Director, Screenplay
Aphrodite, Goddess of Love
Director, Story, Screenplay
Mi permette babbo!
Director
La ladra
Director, Story, Screenplay
Night of Love
Director, Story, Screenplay
They Stole a Tram
Screenplay
Frine cortigiana d'Oriente
Director, Writer
I figli non si vendono
Director, Story, Screenplay
Tormento del passato
Story, Director
Stasera sciopero
1951
Stasera sciopero
Writer, Director
The Last Sentence
Screenplay, Director
Margaret of Cortona
Director, Writer
The Promise
Screenplay, Director
City of Pain
Screenplay, Director
Farewell, My Beautiful Naples
Director, Writer
The Rape of the Sabine
Director, Screenplay
The Peddler and the Lady
Director, Screenplay
Rossini
Director, Screenplay
The King's Jester
Director, Screenplay
L'uomo del romanzo
Director, Screenplay
La fanciulla di Portici
Screenplay, Director, Writer
Il ponte dei sospiri
Director, Screenplay
La gerla di papà Martin
Screenplay, Director
Frenesia
Director
Papà per una notte
Director
I, His Father
Writer, Director
Il conte di Bréchard
Director, Screenplay
Jeanne Doré
1938
Jeanne Doré
Director, Screenplay
Il feroce saladino
Screenplay, Director
L'albero di Adamo
Director
30 Seconds of Love
Screenplay, Director
Milizia territoriale
Director
La marche nuptiale
Director
Ève cherche un père
Director
Il trattato scomparso
1933
Il trattato scomparso
Producer, Editor, Director, Screenplay
I Sing for You Alone
Director
Cinque a zero
Director, Editor, Screenplay
No Women
Director
Fra Diavolo
1931
Fra Diavolo
Director, Screenplay
Fra Diavolo
Screenplay, Director
The Knights of the Mountain
Writer, Director
The Son of the White Mountain
Director, Screenplay
The Last Supper
Director
The Golden Abyss
Director
The Betrothed
Writer, Director
Il milione
1920
Il milione
Actor, Director
Papà Lebonnard
1920
Papà Lebonnard
Screenplay, Director
The Marble Faun
Director
Treno di lusso
1917
Treno di lusso
as Ingegnere Walter, Director
L'altro io
1917
The Other Me
Actor, Writer, Director
Passano gli Unni
as German Officer
Nero and Agrippina
as Petronio
Love Everlasting
as Prince Maximilien of Wallenstein
Love Amongst the Lions
as Il Conte Vilhelm
Parsifal
as Amfortas
Satan
as Satana