Name Enno Patalas | Role Film Historian | |
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Movies Germany in Autumn, Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin, Phantombilder Awards German Film Award - Honorary Award Similar People Ulrich Gregor, Hans Helmut Prinzler, Alf Brustellin, Beate Mainka‑Jellinghaus, Robert Fischer | ||
German film historian Enno Patalas Died at 88
Enno Patalas (born 15 October 1929 in Quakenbrück, Germany) is a German film historian, collector, and expert film preservationist. A former head of the Munich Film Museum, his restorations include silent films such as Metropolis, 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.
He, along with director Ulrich Gregor, wrote the influential film history book Geschichte des Films (History of Films).
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