Max Ferner

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Max Ferner was a German playwright, born Maximilian Sommer on April 18, 1881. 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 SchuÃ? im Pavillon

Aus der Jugendzeit klingt ein Lied

The Seventh Son

Heimliche Sünder

Ich hab mein Herz in Heidelberg verloren

Valencia

Mein Heidelberg, ich kann Dich nicht vergessen

Trötte Teodor,

Service de nuit

Der müde Theodor,

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