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    Mario Bonnard

    1889-06-21 (135 years old) in 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 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.

    Movies

    actor
    Il milione
    0 %|Apr 1, 1920
    Drama
    actor
    The Other Me
    0 %|Nov 1, 1917
    Horror, Drama
    actor
    Treno di lusso
    0 %|Oct 18, 1917
    poster
    Nero and Agrippina
    70 %|Jan 1, 1914
    History
    poster
    La memoria dell'altro
    0 %|Dec 31, 1913
    Romance, Drama
    poster
    Love Everlasting
    58 %|Oct 3, 1913
    Romance, Drama
    poster
    Satan
    10 %|Dec 10, 1912
    Horror, Drama
    poster
    Parsifal
    69 %|Nov 12, 1912
    Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
    poster
    Nelly, the Tamer
    60 %|Aug 4, 1912
    Drama
    poster
    La nave dei leoni
    50 %|Jul 12, 1912
    poster
    Othello
    15 %|Nov 18, 1909

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