Mario Bonnard

Directing

June 21, 1889 — March 22, 1965

Roma, Lazio, Italy

7 movies

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 ...

🎬 Mario Bonnard's Filmography

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Young aviatrix Lyda spurns the advances of the Prince of Sèvre and falls in love with journalist Mario, who, although engaged to Cesarina, goes to Lyda's home. Cesarina sees them and manages to persuade Mario to leave Lyda.

La memoria dell'altro

1913

5.5

No description available.

Satan

1912

6.9

A fantasy film about the knight Parsifal, who has to protect the Holy Grail from wizards.

Parsifal

1912

5.9

Grand Duchy of Wallenstein. Elsa Holbein is the young beautiful daughter of General Julius, the Chief of the General Staff. After a spy named Moise Sthar steals military documents, Julius is accused of betrayal. He kills himself while Elsa is forced to leave. Homeless, she begins wandering the streets until, on the Riviera, she starts her performing career under the pseudonym of Diana Cadouleur and becomes a successful actress and singer. One day, in a small church, she meets an elegant young man and she falls in love with him. But during a tour on the Lucarno Lake she runs into Sthar who, rejected by Elena, spreads rumors about Prince Massimiliano’s behavior.

Love Everlasting

1913

No description available.

Passano gli Unni

1916

6.0

A short Italian melodrama about the tragic life of an adulterous lion tamer.

Love Amongst the Lions

1912

7.0

Short costume picture on the infamous Roman Emperor.

Nero and Agrippina

1914