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.

Plays

• Der müde Theodor (1913, co-author Max Neal)
• Fürst Casimir, operetta by Karl Michael Ziehrer (1913, co-author Max Neal)
• Im siebenten Himmel, operetta by Karl Michael Ziehrer (1916, co-author Max Neal)
• Die drei Dorfheiligen (1920, co-author Max Neal)
• Der Hunderter im Westentaschl (1935, co-author Max Neal)

Filmography

• Der müde Theodor (1918, based on the play Der müde Theodor)
• Trötte Teodor (Sweden, 1931, based on the play Der müde Theodor)
• Service de nuit (France, 1932, based on the play Der müde Theodor)
• Der müde Theodor (1936, based on the play Der müde Theodor)
• Thunder, Lightning and Sunshine (1936, based on the play Der Hunderter im Westentaschl)
• Trötte Teodor (Sweden, 1945, based on the play Der müde Theodor)
• Die drei Dorfheiligen (1949, based on the play Die drei Dorfheiligen)
• Tired Theodore (1957, based on the play Der müde Theodor)

References