# Max Ferner

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'''Max Ferner''' was a German playwright, born Maximilian Sommer on 18 April 1881.<ref>{{IMDb name|0273125}}</ref> He died in [Munich](/source/Munich) at the age of 59 on 9 October 1940.

Ferner teamed up with his friend [Max Neal](/source/Max_Neal) to write [libretto](/source/libretto)s for two [operetta](/source/operetta)s for the [Austrian](/source/Austrians) composer [Karl Michael Ziehrer](/source/Karl_Michael_Ziehrer), which were performed in September 1913 and again in February 1916.

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

== 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)
* ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Die drei Dorfheiligen|de}}'' (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'')
*''{{Interlanguage link multi|Trötte Teodor (1931 film)|sv|3=Trötte Teodor (film, 1931)|lt=Trötte Teodor}}'' (Sweden, 1931, based on the play ''Der müde Theodor'')
*''{{Interlanguage link multi|Service de nuit (1932 film)|fr|3=Service de nuit (film, 1932)|lt=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](/source/Thunder%2C_Lightning_and_Sunshine)'' (1936, based on the play ''Der Hunderter im Westentaschl'')
*''{{Interlanguage link multi|Trötte Teodor (1945 film)|sv|3=Trötte Teodor (film, 1945)|lt=Trötte Teodor}}'' (Sweden, 1945, based on the play ''Der müde Theodor'')
*''{{Interlanguage link multi|Die drei Dorfheiligen (1949 film)|de|3=Die drei Dorfheiligen (1949)|lt=Die drei Dorfheiligen}}'' (1949, based on the play ''Die drei Dorfheiligen'')
*''[Tired Theodore](/source/Tired_Theodore_(1957_film))'' (1957, based on the play ''Der müde Theodor'')

===Screenwriter===
* ''[A Song from Days of Youth](/source/A_Song_from_Days_of_Youth)'' (1925)<!--January 1925-->
*''[The Shot in the Pavilion](/source/The_Shot_in_the_Pavilion)'' (1925)<!--18 September 1925-->
*''Marccos erste Liebe'' (1925)
*''[The Secret of One Hour](/source/The_Secret_of_One_Hour)'' (1926)<!--4 February 1926-->
*''[The Seventh Son](/source/The_Seventh_Son_(1926_film))'' (1926)<!--23 March 1926-->
*''[Secret Sinners](/source/Secret_Sinners_(1926_film))'' (1926)<!--22 June 1926-->
*''[I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg](/source/I_Lost_My_Heart_in_Heidelberg_(1926_film))'' (1926)<!--13 July 1926-->
*''[The Mountain Eagle](/source/The_Mountain_Eagle)'' (1927)<!--23 May 1927 (UK), 27 May 1926 (Germany)-->
*''[Valencia](/source/Valencia_(1927_film))'' (1927)<!--30 May 1927-->
*''[My Heidelberg, I Can Not Forget You](/source/My_Heidelberg%2C_I_Can_Not_Forget_You)'' (1927)<!--8 July 1927-->
*''[The Foreign Legionnaire](/source/The_Foreign_Legionnaire)'' (1928)<!--1 March 1928-->
*''[Spy of Madame Pompadour](/source/Spy_of_Madame_Pompadour)'' (1928)<!--6 September 1928-->
*''[Restless Hearts](/source/Restless_Hearts)'' (1928)<!--1 November 1928-->
*''[The Fate of the House of Habsburg](/source/The_Fate_of_the_House_of_Habsburg)'' (1928)<!--16 November 1928-->
*''[Behind Monastery Walls](/source/Behind_Monastery_Walls_(1928_film))'' (1928)<!--10 December 1928-->
*''[Waterloo](/source/Waterloo_(1929_film))'' (1929)
*''{{Interlanguage link multi|In einer kleinen Konditorei|de}}'' (1930)
*''Im Banne der Berge'' (1931)
* ''[At the Strasbourg](/source/At_the_Strasbourg)'' (1934)

==References==
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Category:Operetta librettists
Category:German male dramatists and playwrights
Category:20th-century German dramatists and playwrights
Category:20th-century German male writers

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