Enno Patalas

Enno Patalas (15 October 1929, in Quakenbrück – 7 August 2018, in Munich) was a German film historian, collector, and expert^[1] film preservationist. A former head of the Munich Film Museum (1973–1994),^[2][3] his restorations include films such as Metropolis,^[1] M – Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder and Die Nibelungen, all directed by Fritz Lang. Patalas also restored the film The Battleship Potemkin for viewing at the Berlin Film Festival in 2005.^[4]

Enno Patalas
Born	(1929-10-15)October 15, 1929 Quakenbrück, Germany
Died	August 20, 2018(2018-08-20) (aged 88) Munich, Germany
Nationality	German
Known for	Geschichte des Films
Scientific career
Fields	Film history
Institutions	Munich Film Museum

He, along with director Ulrich Gregor, wrote the influential film history book Geschichte des Films (History of Film).^[5]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1968	Till the Happy End [de]	Pfarrer
1974	The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser	Pastor Fuhrmann
1983	Der Platzanweiser – Porträt eines Kinomanen	Enno Patalas
1984	Der Havarist	Der Herr aus New York
1985	Feel the Motion [de]		(final film role)