---
name: "Max Ernst"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/max-ernst"
fi1m_id: "max-ernst"
imdb_id: "nm0259722"
tmdb_id: 45201
wikidata_id: "Q154842"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 April 1891"
died: "1 April 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T00:31:47.275042+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Max Ernst

## Identity

Max Ernst

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/max-ernst
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** max-ernst
- **IMDb ID:** nm0259722
- **TMDB ID:** 45201
- **Wikidata ID:** Q154842
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Ernst, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q154842, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0259722/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/45201

Actor. Born 2 April 1891 in Brühl, Germany. Died 1 April 1976.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 April 1891, Brühl, Germany
- **Died:** 1 April 1976
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Ernst, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q154842, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0259722/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/45201

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*L'Âge d'or*](https://film.one/film/lage-dor.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Max Ernst (1891–1976) was a German artist who also worked as an actor. He appeared as the Bandit Leader in the Hut in Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí's surrealist film *L'Âge d'or* (1930).

Born in Brühl, Germany, Ernst later lived in France and the United States. His other screen credits include an uncredited role in *Dreams That Money Can Buy* (1947) and work on shorts such as *Maximiliana oder die widerrechtliche Ausübung der Astronomie* (1966). He died in Paris, France.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *L'Âge d'or* (1930), Fi1m 74, as Bandit Leader in the Hut — [page](https://film.one/film/lage-dor.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Max Ernst: My Vagabonds - My Restlessness* (1991), Actor
- *Coup de Torchon* (1981), as Le soldat mexicain (dans le film publicitaire "Galeries Barbès")
- *Laocoon & Sons: The Story of the Transformation of Esmeralda del Rio* (1975), Actor
- *The Woman with 100 Heads* (1968), Story
- *Die widerrechtliche Ausübung der Astronomie* (1967), Writer
- *8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements* (1957), Actor
- *Dreams That Money Can Buy* (1947), as Le President
- *Fräulein* (1939), as Barmann
- *When Women Keep Silent* (1937), as Gast im Restaurant
- *If It Were Not for Music* (1935), Actor
- *L'Âge d'or* (1930), as Bandit Leader in the Hut — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/lage-dor.md)

## Gallery

- ![Max Ernst](https://film.one/media/person/3851920/gallery-e3b669ecdbaf.jpg) Max Ernst — Unknown authorUnknown author, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Max_Ernst_1968.jpg/1280px-Max_Ernst_1968.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Max Ernst (1948)](https://film.one/media/person/3851920/gallery-d76bf172839e.jpg) Max Ernst (1948) — Department of State. Agency for International Development. 1961-10/1/1979, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Max_Ernst%2C_Dimitriscu_Istrati_-_DPLA_-_60aa538629ffaeb493553d48d1b2fa95.jpg/1280px-Max_Ernst%2C_Dimitriscu_Istrati_-_DPLA_-_60aa538629ffaeb493553d48d1b2fa95.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Goslarer Kaiserring 1976: Goslarer Kaiserring (won)
- Lichtwark Prize 1964: Lichtwark Prize (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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