Max Ferner was a German playwright, born Maximilian Sommer on April 18, 1881. He died in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

 at the age of 59 at the onset of World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 on October 9, 1940.

Max Ferner teamed up with friend Max Neal

Max Neal

Maximilian Dalhoff Neal was a German playwright, born to the artist David Dalhoff Neal and Marie Ainmiller, and later brother to composer Heinrich Neal. His grandfather was the great glass painter Max Emanuel Ainmiller....

 to write the libretto

Libretto

A libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata, or musical. The term "libretto" is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major liturgical works, such as mass, requiem, and sacred cantata, or even the story line of a...

 for two operetta

Operetta

Operetta is a genre of light opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter. It is also closely related, in English-language works, to forms of musical theatre.-Origins:...

s for Austrian

Austrians

Austrians are a nation and ethnic group, consisting of the population of the Republic of Austria and its historical predecessor states who share a common Austrian culture and Austrian descent....

 composer Karl Michael Ziehrer

Karl Michael Ziehrer

Karl Michael Ziehrer was an Austrian composer. In his lifetime, he was one of the fiercest rivals of the Strauss family; most notably Johann Strauss II and Eduard Strauss....

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

He was the screenplay co-writer for what would later become Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...

's film The Mountain Eagle

The Mountain Eagle

The Mountain Eagle is a British silent film, and Alfred Hitchcock's second as director following The Pleasure Garden.-Plot:The film is set in Kentucky. J. P. Pettigrew's wife died giving birth to his son Edward who was born a cripple. Pettigrew hates John Fulton who also loved Pettigrew's wife...

(1927)