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.
Filmography
all 74
Movies 74
Director 58
Writer 1

Rome, 1585 (1961)

Gastone (1960)

Mi permette babbo! (1956)

La ladra (1955)

Night of Love (1954)

Tormento del passato (1952)

Stasera sciopero (1951)

The Last Sentence (1951)

Il voto (1950)

Margaret of Cortona (1950)

City of Pain (1949)

Rossini (1942)

The King's Jester (1941)

Il ponte dei sospiri (1940)

L'uomo del romanzo (1940)

Frenesia (1939)

Papà per una notte (1939)

I, His Father (1939)

Jeanne Doré (1938)

Il conte di Bréchard (1938)

Il feroce saladino (1937)

30 Seconds of Love (1936)

Milizia territoriale (1936)

L'albero di Adamo (1936)

La marche nuptiale (1935)

Le masque qui tombe (1934)

Ève cherche un père (1933)

I Sing for You Alone (1933)

Cinque a zero (1932)

No Women (1932)

Fra Diavolo (1931)

Fra Diavolo (1931)

The Knights of the Mountain (1930)

The Son of the White Mountain (1930)

Der Ruf des Nordens (1929)

The Last Performance (1928)

Die Sünderin (1928)

The Golden Abyss (1927)

The Betrothed (1922)

The Marble Faun (1920)

Nero and Agrippina (1914)

Love Everlasting (1913)

Satan (1912)

Parsifal (1912)

Nelly, the Tamer (1912)

Mam'selle Nitouche (1912)

Una partita a scacchi (1912)

Othello (1909)

Marco Visconti
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1889-06-21
Deathday1965-03-22 (75 years old)
Birth PlaceRome, Italy
SiblingsGiulio Bonnard
CitizenshipsKingdom of Italy, Italy
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