Mario Bonnard
Directing
- Born
- June 21, 1889 · Roma, Lazio, Italy
- Died
- March 22, 1965 (age 75)
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.
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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
The Last Days of Pompeii
November 12, 1959
The Rape of the Sabine
November 21, 1945
The Peddler and the Lady
June 24, 1943
Mi permette babbo!
December 6, 1956
Gastone
January 26, 1960
They Stole a Tram
December 28, 1954
City of Pain
March 4, 1949
The Son of the White Mountain
August 12, 1930
The Betrothed
August 11, 1922
Aphrodite, Goddess of Love
August 29, 1958
I Don't Know You Anymore
March 15, 1936
Margaret of Cortona
February 22, 1950
Behind the camera65
- 1961Rome, 1585 Director, Screenplay
- 1960Gastone Director, Screenplay
- 1959The Last Days of Pompeii Director
- 1958Aphrodite, Goddess of Love Director, Story, Screenplay
- 1956Mi permette babbo! Director
- 1955La ladra Director, Screenplay, Story
- 1954They Stole a Tram Screenplay
- 1954Night of Love Director, Screenplay, Story
- 1953Frine cortigiana d'Oriente Director, Writer
- 1952I figli non si vendono