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]