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;
- The Shot in the Pavilion (1925)[2]
- Aus der Jugendzeit klingt ein Lied (1925)[2]
- The Seventh Son (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).
Selected filmography
- I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg (1926)
- Restless Hearts (1928)
References
- ↑ Max Ferner at the Internet Movie Database
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- ↑ Trötte Teodor (1931)
- ↑ Service de nuit (1932/I)
- ↑ Der müde Theodor (1936) - Full cast and crew
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