Enno Patalas
Birth dateOctober 15, 1929
Birth placeQuakenbrück, Germany
Death dateAugust 20, 2018 (aged 88)
Death placeMunich, Germany
FieldsFilm history
WorkplacesMunich Film Museum
Known forGeschichte des Films

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]

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

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1968Till the Happy EndPfarrer
1974The Enigma of Kaspar HauserPastor Fuhrmann
1983Der Platzanweiser – Porträt eines KinomanenEnno Patalas
1984Der HavaristDer Herr aus New York
1985Feel the Motion(final film role)

References

  1. ^ "Rediscovering Utopia - Lost Scenes Restore Lang's Original Vision of 'Metropolis'". Der Spiegel. 4 July 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  2. ^ "Filmhistoriker Enno Patalas ist tot". 8 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Putting on the Fritz". The Village Voice. 4 April 2000. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Battleship Potemkin' To Debut In February". Gadsden Times. 30 December 2004. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  5. ^ "Ermutiger des unabhängigen Films: Ulrich Gregor wird 75" (in German). Schwäbische Zeitung. 17 September 2007. Archived from the original on February 13, 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2010.