Max Ferner

Max Ferner was a German playwright, born Maximilian Sommer on April 18, 1881.^[1] He died in Munich at the age of 59 at the onset of World War II on October 9, 1940.

Max Ferner teamed up with friend Max Neal to write the libretto for two operettas for Austrian composer Karl Michael Ziehrer which were performed in September 1913 and then again in February 1916.

Ferner also wrote and co-wrote with Max Neal a series of plays, many of which were converted to movies later, such as;

• Der Schuß im Pavillon (1925)^[2]
• Aus der Jugendzeit klingt ein Lied (1925)^[2]
• Der siebente Junge(1926)^[2]
• Heimliche Sünder (1926)^[2]
• Ich hab mein Herz in Heidelberg verloren (1926)^[2]
• Valencia (1927)^[2]
• Mein Heidelberg, ich kann Dich nicht vergessen (1927)^[2]
• Trötte Teodor (1931), (1945)^[3]
• Service de nuit (1932)^[4]
• Der müde Theodor (1936), (1957), (1959 TV), (1965 TV), (1979), (1995)^[5]

He was the screenplay co-writer for what would later become Alfred Hitchcock's film The Mountain Eagle (1927)

References

1. ^ Max Ferner at the Internet Movie Database
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Max Ferner
3. ^ Trötte Teodor (1931)
4. ^ Service de nuit (1932/I)
5. ^ Der müde Theodor (1936) - Full cast and crew

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Name	Ferner, Max
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Date of birth	1881
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Date of death	1940
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