Mario Bonnard
DirectingMario 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 — Acting
Love Everlasting
Prince Maximilien of Wallenstein
Parsifal
Amfortas
Satan
Satana
Nero and Agrippina
Petronio
La memoria dell'altro
Mario
A Game of Chess
Internato
La nave dei leoni
Il milione
Othello
Treno di lusso
Ingegnere Walter
The Other Me
Nelly, the Tamer
Il Conte Vilhelm
Filmography — Crew
The Last Days of Pompeii
Director
Gastone
Director
La ladra
Director
Night of Love
Director
Aphrodite, Goddess of Love
Director
The Promise
Screenplay
The Peddler and the Lady
Director
Mi permette babbo!
Director
Rossini
Director
Rome, 1585
Director
Jeanne Doré
Director
They Stole a Tram
Screenplay
The Fight for the Matterhorn
Director
I Sing for You Alone
Director
Il feroce saladino
Screenplay
Frine cortigiana d'Oriente
Director
The Last Sentence
Screenplay
The King's Jester
Director
I, His Father
Writer
Stasera sciopero
Writer
Il conte di Bréchard
Director
I Don't Know You Anymore
Director
City of Pain
Screenplay
I figli non si vendono
Director
The Last Performance
Director
Margaret of Cortona
Director
Fra Diavolo
Screenplay
There's Room Up Ahead
Director
Tormento del passato
Director
30 Seconds of Love
Screenplay
Ève cherche un père
Director
La fanciulla di Portici
Screenplay
Der Ruf des Nordens
Director
Frenesia
Director
La gerla di Papà Martin
Director
Farewell, My Beautiful Naples
Director
The Golden Abyss
Director
Milizia territoriale
Director
The Marble Faun
Director
The Rape of the Sabine
Director
The Son of the White Mountain
Director
La gerla di papà Martin
Screenplay
Che distinta famiglia!
Director
The Betrothed
Writer
Papà per una notte
Director
L'uomo del romanzo
Director
Cinque a zero
Director
Die Flucht in den Zirkus
Director
Le masque qui tombe
Director
No Women
Director
Il trattato scomparso
Producer
The Knights of the Mountain
Writer
Il ponte dei sospiri
Director
L'albero di Adamo
Director
Fra Diavolo
Director
Anschluß um Mitternacht
Director
Die Sünderin
Director
La marche nuptiale
Director
Il milione
Director
Papà Lebonnard
Screenplay
Treno di lusso
Director
The Other Me
Writer
The three holy fountains
Director
Marco Visconti
Director