Mario Bonnard
Directing
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
Directing63
movieRome, 1585
1961
Director
movieGastone
1960
Director
movieMi permette babbo!
1956
Director
movieLa ladra
1955
Director
movieNight of Love
1954
Director
movieI figli non si vendono
1952
Director
movieTormento del passato
1952
Director
movieThe Last Sentence
1951
Director
movieThe Promise
1950
Director
movieMargaret of Cortona
1950
Director
movieCity of Pain
1949
Director
movieThe Rape of the Sabine
1945
Director
movieThere's Room Up Ahead
1942
Director
movieRossini
1942
Director
movieThe King's Jester
1941
Director
movieIl ponte dei sospiri
1940
Director
movieLa fanciulla di Portici
1940
Director
movieL'uomo del romanzo
1940
Director
movieLa gerla di papà Martin
1940
Director
movieFrenesia
1939
Director
moviePapà per una notte
1939
Director
movieI, His Father
1939
Director
Jeanne Doré
1938
Director
movieIl conte di Bréchard
1938
Director
movieIl feroce saladino
1937
Director
movie30 Seconds of Love
1936
Director
movieMilizia territoriale
1936
Director
movieL'albero di Adamo
1936
Director
movieLa marche nuptiale
1935
Director
movieÈve cherche un père
1933
Director
movieI Sing for You Alone
1933
Director
movieCinque a zero
1932
Director
movieNo Women
1932
Director
Fra Diavolo
1931
Director
movieFra Diavolo
1931
Director
movieThe Last Performance
1928
Director
movieThe Golden Abyss
1927
Director
movieLa gerla di Papà Martin
1924
Director
movieThe Betrothed
1922
Director
Il milione
1920
Director
movieThe Marble Faun
1920
Director
movieMarco Visconti
Director
Writing37
movieRome, 1585
1961
Screenplay
movieGastone
1960
Screenplay
movieAphrodite, Goddess of Love
1958
Story, Screenplay
movieLa ladra
1955
Screenplay, Story
movieThey Stole a Tram
1954
Screenplay
movieNight of Love
1954
Screenplay, Story
movieI figli non si vendono
1952
Screenplay, Story
movieThe Last Sentence
1951
Screenplay
movieThe Promise
1950
Screenplay
movieCity of Pain
1949
Screenplay
movieThe Rape of the Sabine
1945
Screenplay
movieThe Peddler and the Lady
1943
Screenplay
movieRossini
1942
Screenplay
movieThe King's Jester
1941
Screenplay
movieLa fanciulla di Portici
1940
Screenplay, Writer
movieIl ponte dei sospiri
1940
Screenplay
movieL'uomo del romanzo
1940
Screenplay
movieLa gerla di papà Martin
1940
Screenplay
movieI, His Father
1939
Writer
Jeanne Doré
1938
Screenplay
movieIl conte di Bréchard
1938
Screenplay
movieIl feroce saladino
1937
Screenplay
movie30 Seconds of Love
1936
Screenplay
movieCinque a zero
1932
Screenplay
Fra Diavolo
1931
Screenplay
movieFra Diavolo
1931
Screenplay
movieThe Son of the White Mountain
1930
Screenplay
movieThe Betrothed
1922
Writer
Papà Lebonnard
1920
Screenplay
Acting13
Treno di lusso
1917
Ingegnere Walter
movieNero and Agrippina
1914
Petronio
movieLove Everlasting
1913
Prince Maximilien of Wallenstein
movieSatan
1912
Satana
movieParsifal
1912
Amfortas
Nelly, the Tamer
1912
Il Conte Vilhelm