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Mario Bonnard
Director

Mario Bonnard

21 Jun 1889Born
22 Mar 1965Died
75Age at death
75Credits

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.

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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

  1. TBAMarco ViscontiFilm: Director
  2. 1961Rome, 1585Film: Director, Screenplay
  3. 1960GastoneFilm: Director, Screenplay
  4. 1959The Last Days of PompeiiFilm: Director
  5. 1958Aphrodite, Goddess of LoveFilm: Director, Screenplay
  6. 1956Mi permette babbo!Film: Director
  7. 1955La ladraFilm: Director, Screenplay
  8. 1954They Stole a TramFilm: Screenplay
  9. 1954Night of LoveFilm: Director, Screenplay
  10. 1953Frine cortigiana d'OrienteFilm: Director, Writer
  11. 1952I figli non si vendonoFilm: Director, Screenplay
  12. 1952Tormento del passatoFilm: Director
  13. 1951Stasera scioperoFilm: Writer, Director
  14. 1951The Last SentenceFilm: Director, Screenplay
  15. 1950The PromiseFilm: Screenplay, Director
  16. 1950Margaret of CortonaFilm: Director, Writer
  17. 1949City of PainFilm: Screenplay, Director
  18. 1946Farewell, My Beautiful NaplesFilm: Director, Writer
  19. 1945The Rape of the SabineFilm: Director, Screenplay
  20. 1945Che distinta famiglia!Film: Director
  21. 1943The Peddler and the LadyFilm: Director, Screenplay
  22. 1942There's Room Up AheadFilm: Director
  23. 1942RossiniFilm: Director, Screenplay
  24. 1941The King's JesterFilm: Director, Screenplay
  25. 1940La fanciulla di PorticiFilm: Screenplay, Director, Writer
  26. 1940Il ponte dei sospiriFilm: Director, Screenplay
  27. 1940L'uomo del romanzoFilm: Director, Screenplay
  28. 1940La gerla di papà MartinFilm: Screenplay, Director
  29. 1939FrenesiaFilm: Director
  30. 1939Papà per una notteFilm: Director
  31. 1939I, His FatherFilm: Writer, Director
  32. 1938Jeanne DoréFilm: Director, Screenplay
  33. 1938Il conte di BréchardFilm: Director, Screenplay
  34. 1937Il feroce saladinoFilm: Director, Screenplay
  35. 193630 Seconds of LoveFilm: Screenplay, Director
  36. 1936Milizia territorialeFilm: Director
  37. 1936I Don't Know You AnymoreFilm: Director
  38. 1936L'albero di AdamoFilm: Director
  39. 1935La marche nuptialeFilm: Director
  40. 1934Le masque qui tombeFilm: Director
  41. 1934The Fight for the MatterhornFilm: Director
  42. 1933Ève cherche un pèreFilm: Director
  43. 1933I Sing for You AloneFilm: Director
  44. 1933Il trattato scomparsoFilm: Screenplay, Director
  45. 1932Cinque a zeroFilm: Director, Screenplay
  46. 1932No WomenFilm: Director
  47. 1931Fra DiavoloFilm: Director, Screenplay
  48. 1931Fra DiavoloFilm: Screenplay, Director
  49. 1930The Knights of the MountainFilm: Writer, Director
  50. 1930The Son of the White MountainFilm: Director, Screenplay
  51. 1930Die heiligen drei BrunnenFilm: Director
  52. 1929The Call of the NorthFilm: Director
  53. 1929Anschluß um MitternachtFilm: Director
  54. 1928The Fight for the MatterhornFilm: Director
  55. 1928The Last PerformanceFilm: Director
  56. 1928Die SünderinFilm: Director
  57. 1927The Golden AbyssFilm: Director
  58. 1926The Escape to the CircusFilm: Director
  59. 1924La gerla di Papà MartinFilm: Director
  60. 1922The BetrothedFilm: Writer, Director
  61. 1920Il milioneFilm: Director
  62. 1920Papà LebonnardFilm: Screenplay, Director
  63. 1920The Marble FaunFilm: Director
  64. 1917The Other MeFilm: Writer, Director
  65. 1917Treno di lussoFilm: Ingegnere Walter, Director
  66. 1916Passano gli UnniFilm: German Officer
  67. 1914Nero and AgrippinaFilm: Petronio
  68. 1913La memoria dell'altroFilm: Mario
  69. 1913Love EverlastingFilm: Prince Maximilien of Wallenstein
  70. 1912SatanFilm: Satana
  71. 1912ParsifalFilm: Amfortas
  72. 1912Love Amongst the LionsFilm: Il Conte Vilhelm
  73. 1912La nave dei leoniFilm
  74. 1912A Game of ChessFilm: Internato
  75. 1912Le mannequinFilm

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