Enno Patalas
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Enno Patalas (born 15 October 1929 in Quakenbrück, Germany) is a German film historian, collector, and expert[1] film preservationist. A former head of the Munich Film Museum,[2] his restorations include silent 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.[3]
He, along with director Ulrich Gregor, wrote the influential film history book Geschichte des Films (History of Films).[4]
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- ^ a b "Rediscovering Utopia - Lost Scenes Restore Lang's Original Vision of 'Metropolis'". Der Spiegel. 4 July 2008. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,563936,00.html. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
- ^ "Putting on the Fritz". The Village Voice. 4 April 2000. http://www.villagevoice.com/2000-04-04/film/putting-on-the-fritz/. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
- ^ "Battleship Potemkin' To Debut In February". Gadsden Times. 30 December 2004. http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=F3gvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZNwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5739,2804149&dq=enno-patalas&hl=en. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
- ^ "Ermutiger des unabhängigen Films: Ulrich Gregor wird 75" (in German). Schwäbische Zeitung. 17 September 2007. http://www.szon.de/news/kino/aktuell/200709170854.html. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
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