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.
City of Pain
(Screenplay)
The Last Days of Pompeii
(Director)
L'albero di Adamo
(Director)
The Rape of the Sabine
(Director)
Mi permette babbo!
(Director)
Cinque a zero
(Director)
The Peddler and the Lady
(Director)
30 Seconds of Love
(Screenplay)
I figli non si vendono
(Director)
City of Pain
(Director)
Fra Diavolo
(Director)
Margaret of Cortona
(Director)
Margaret of Cortona
(Writer)
Aphrodite, Goddess of Love
(Director)
La ladra
(Director)
Il conte di Bréchard
(Director)
Il conte di Bréchard
(Screenplay)
There's Room Up Ahead
(Director)
L'uomo del romanzo
(Director)
L'uomo del romanzo
(Screenplay)
Fra Diavolo
(Screenplay)
Il milione
(Director)
Papà Lebonnard
(Screenplay)
Treno di lusso
(Director)
Papà Lebonnard
(Director)
Milizia territoriale
(Director)
Frenesia
(Director)
The three holy fountains
(Director)
Frine cortigiana d'Oriente
(Director)
Frine cortigiana d'Oriente
(Writer)
Stasera sciopero
(Writer)
The Knights of the Mountain
(Writer)
Der Ruf des Nordens
(Director)
Rome, 1585
(Director)
Gastone
(Director)
Che distinta famiglia!
(Director)
Night of Love
(Director)
The King's Jester
(Director)
Rossini
(Director)
Stasera sciopero
(Director)
The Son of the White Mountain
(Director)
The Son of the White Mountain
(Screenplay)
The Last Sentence
(Director)
The Last Sentence
(Screenplay)
The Rape of the Sabine
(Screenplay)
The Betrothed
(Writer)
No Women
(Director)
Ève cherche un père
(Director)
Jeanne Doré
(Director)
Jeanne Doré
(Screenplay)
Il feroce saladino
(Director)
Il feroce saladino
(Screenplay)
Papà per una notte
(Director)
I Don't Know You Anymore
(Director)
Il voto
(Screenplay)
Rossini
(Screenplay)
Gastone
(Screenplay)
La ladra
(Screenplay)
La ladra
(Story)
Night of Love
(Screenplay)
Night of Love
(Story)
Aphrodite, Goddess of Love
(Story)
The Fight for the Matterhorn
(Director)
I figli non si vendono
(Screenplay)
La fanciulla di Portici
(Screenplay)
I figli non si vendono
(Story)
The Peddler and the Lady
(Screenplay)
The King's Jester
(Screenplay)
Tormento del passato
(Story)
The Golden Abyss
(Director)
The Other Me
(Writer)
The Other Me
(Director)
Il ponte dei sospiri
(Director)
Die Flucht in den Zirkus
(Director)
Cinque a zero
(Editor)
Cinque a zero
(Screenplay)
Il trattato scomparso
(Screenplay)
Il trattato scomparso
(Editor)
Il trattato scomparso
(Producer)
Il trattato scomparso
(Director)
Die Sünderin
(Director)
Marco Visconti
(Director)
Fra Diavolo
(Screenplay)
Le masque qui tombe
(Director)
I Sing for You Alone
(Director)
Rome, 1585
(Screenplay)
Fra Diavolo
(Director)
The Knights of the Mountain
(Director)
La marche nuptiale
(Director)
La fanciulla di Portici
(Director)
The Marble Faun
(Director)
The Last Performance
(Director)
Anschluß um Mitternacht
(Director)
Tormento del passato
(Director)
The Betrothed
(Director)
Il voto
(Director)
I, His Father
(Writer)
I, His Father
(Director)
They Stole a Tram
(Screenplay)
La gerla di papà Martin
(Screenplay)
La gerla di papà Martin
(Director)
Farewell, My Beautiful Naples
(Director)
Farewell, My Beautiful Naples
(Writer)
Aphrodite, Goddess of Love
(Screenplay)
30 Seconds of Love
(Director)
La fanciulla di Portici
(Writer)