​It is unfortunate that this documentary film (on YouTube) is no longer available due to a copyright claim.

A trailer for what appears to be a remastered film by Peter Schamoni is embedded below.  

The DVD is available on Amazon

Trailer "Max Ernst - Mein Vagabundieren, meine Unruhe"

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UPDATE May 2021:
Again found more on YouTube - hopefully they stay on line.
​One of the BEST of the Surrealists , Max Ernst.
​MAX ERNST DOCUMENTARY on his life and work by Peter Schamoni
Above another example of Peter Schamoni pulling videos from YouTube, or having them removed for copyright violation. 
Here are some additional resources that hopefully will remain on line:

Max Ernst at the Fondation Beyeler 

Comprising more than 160 paintings, collages, drawings, sculptures and illustrated books, the extensive Max Ernst retrospective at the Fondation Beyeler features major works, discoveries and techniques from every phase of his career. For the first time since the artist's death in 1976, Swiss viewers have the opportunity to acquaint themselves with the diverse oeuvre of this artist of the century in all its richness.
Max Ernst (1891-1976) was among the most versatile artists in modernism. Following his beginnings as a rebellious Dadaist in Cologne, Ernst moved to Paris in 1922, where he soon became one of the leading lights of Surrealism. During the Second World War, he was twice interned as an enemy alien, and was set free thanks to the efforts of his friend, the poet Paul Eluard. In 1941 he escaped into American exile, where he found new impulses and at the same time provided inspiration to the generation of young American artists. A decade later, he returned to war-devastated Europe, where the once-celebrated Max Ernst seemed to have been forgotten. Yet soon he was discovered to be one of the most fascinating and versatile artists of the 20th century. In 1958 he was granted French citizenship.
A continual inventor of innovative figures, forms and techniques, such as frottage, grattage, decalcomania (a paint-transfer method) and oscillation, Ernst repeatedly reoriented himself. This resulted in an unprecedented oeuvre that resists any clear stylistic definition. The development of his art was partly influenced by Ernst's changing places of residence in Europe and America.

Prof. Dr. Werner Spies spricht über Max Ernst (german)

Am 4.Sept. 2005 wird das Max Ernst Museum in Brühl, Heimatstadt des Dadaisten und Surrealisten eröffnet. Kurator der Eröffnungs- Ausstellung ist der ehemalige Direktor des Pariser Museum Centre Pompidou Prof. Dr. Werner Spies. Beide verband eine enge Freundschaft, die bis zum Tod des Künstlers im Jahr 1976 Bestand hatte. 
Max Ernst | HOW TO SEE the artist with MoMA curator Anne Umland​
This video is from 2017 - Description:
Max Ernst is often described in textbooks as a key Dada or Surrealist artist, but throughout his long career, he worked across many mediums transforming everyday images into visionary dreamscapes. MoMA curator Anne Umland explores his life and works as a painter, sculptor, collage maker and poet in MoMA's new exhibition, “Max Ernst: Beyond Painting.” 


​Maximiliana - Die widerrechtliche Ausübung der Astronomie
If you understand German - this is a great little film! Max Ernst cuts to the chase with his opening sentence: 
"Er war ein Genie, aber er hatte kein Diplom"
"He was a genius, but he had no diploma"
Short film from 1966 about the astronomer and lithographer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel (1821-1889) for and with Max Ernst
language: German
This video is not found anywhere anymore - it was embedded here but removed from YouTube for copyright violation. 
Wikipedia Article - searching high and low, it cannot be found anywhere, not even on the Shamoni website
Picture
Au dessus des nuages marche la minuit, 1920

Max Ernst Retrospective at the Albertina Museum in Vienna 
23 January 2013 - 5 May 2013

“Before he descends, a diver never knows what he will bring back up.” (Max Ernst)
The Albertina will devote an exhibition - his first retrospective in Austria - to Max Ernst, the great pictorial inventor. Presenting a selection of 180 paintings, collages, and sculptures, as well as relevant examples of illustrated books and documents, the exhibition will assemble works related to all of the artist’s periods, discoveries, and techniques, thereby introducing his life and œuvre within a both biographic and historical context.
Together with Matisse, Picasso, Beckmann, Kandinsky, and Warhol, Max Ernst no doubt numbers among the leading figures of 20th-century art history. An early protagonist of Dadaism, a pioneer of Surrealism, and the inventor of such sophisticated techniques as collage, frottage, grattage, decalcomania, and oscillation, he withdraws his work from catchy definition. His inventiveness when it comes to handling pictorial and inspirational techniques, the breaks between his countless work phases, and his switching back and forth between themes cause irritation. Yet what remains a constant is his consistence in terms of contradiction. ....................MORE



MAX ERNST PAINTINGS





Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976) 
was a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet. A prolific artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealism. Read more HERE


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