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Mario Bonnard
Roma, Lazio, Italy
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 p…
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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.
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1961
Rome, 1585
Movie Director
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1960
Gastone
Movie Director
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1959
The Last Days of Pompeii
Movie Director
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1958
Aphrodite, Goddess of Love
Movie Director
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1956
Mi permette babbo!
Movie Director
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1955
La ladra
Movie Director
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1954
They Stole a Tram
Movie Screenplay
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1954
Night of Love
Movie Director
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1953
Frine cortigiana d'Oriente
Movie Director
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1952
I figli non si vendono
Movie Director
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1952
Tormento del passato
Movie Story
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1951
Stasera sciopero
Movie Writer
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1951
The Last Sentence
Movie Director
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1950
The Promise
Movie Screenplay
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1950
Margaret of Cortona
Movie Director
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1949
City of Pain
Movie Screenplay
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1946
Farewell, My Beautiful Naples
Movie Director
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1945
The Rape of the Sabine
Movie Director
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1945
Che distinta famiglia!
Movie Director
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1943
The Peddler and the Lady
Movie Director
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1942
There's Room Up Ahead
Movie Director
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1942
Rossini
Movie Director
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1941
The King's Jester
Movie Director
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1940
La fanciulla di Portici
Movie Screenplay
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1940
Il ponte dei sospiri
Movie Director
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1940
L'uomo del romanzo
Movie Director
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1940
La gerla di papà Martin
Movie Screenplay
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1939
Frenesia
Movie Director
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1939
Papà per una notte
Movie Director
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1939
I, His Father
Movie Writer
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1938
Jeanne Doré
Movie Director
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1938
Il conte di Bréchard
Movie Director
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1937
Il feroce saladino
Movie Director
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1936
30 Seconds of Love
Movie Screenplay
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1936
Milizia territoriale
Movie Director
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1936
I Don't Know You Anymore
Movie Director
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1936
L'albero di Adamo
Movie Director
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1935
La marche nuptiale
Movie Director
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1934
Le masque qui tombe
Movie Director
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1934
The Fight for the Matterhorn
Movie Director
