Enno Patalas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Enno Patalas

German film historian and collector

Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1929

Place of Birth: Quakenbrück, Lower Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 07-Aug-2018

Profession: writer, archivist, art historian, restorer, film historian

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Enno Patalas (15 October 1929, Quakenbrück – 7 August 2018, Munich) was a German film historian, collector, and expert film preservationist.
A former head of the Munich Film Museum (1973–1994), 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 Film).