Enno Patalas
Enno Patalas was a German film historian, collector, and expert film preservationist. A former head of the Munich Film Museum, his restorations include 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.