Enno Patalas
Actor · 1929 – 2018 · Quakenbrück, Emsland, Germany
Enno Patalas was a German film historian, collector, and expert film preservationist.
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Movie7.3DramaHistoryThe film follows Kaspar Hauser, who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with only a toy horse to occupy his time, devoid of all human contact except for a man who wears a black overcoat and top hat who feeds him.
Movie6.4DocumentaryDramaNine fictitious documentaries and films reflect the mood of late 1970s Germany, particularly the two-month period in 1977 when a businessman was kidnapped by the RAF (Red Army Faction). The kidnap had been made to orchestrate the release of the original leaders of the RAF, aka the Baader-Meinhof.
- Movie7.0DramaDocumentary
Der Platzanweiser
1983 · 1 votes
Movie6.4DramaThree actors portray scenes from the life of Sterling Hayden, with a particular focus on his appearance before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Inspired by Hayden’s memoir “Wanderer.”
Movie6.0DocumentaryDocumentary detailing the extensive number of shots long lost from constant film re-cutting of 1925's great silent cinema classic Battleship Potemkin in the last 80 years, and how many of those shots have been returned.
Movie8.0DocumentaryFeaturing interviews with daughter Nicola Lubitsch, film historians Enno Patalas and Jan-Christopher Horak and filmmaker Tom Tykwer (among others), Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin documents the life of the legendary filmmaker from his birth in 1892 to his departure for Hollywood in 1923. The documentary is sprinkled with excerpts from Lubitsch's rarely-seen early work (both as actor and director) and offers fascinating insights into the German film industry in the silent era.
Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin - Von der Schönhauser Allee nach Hollywood
Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood
2006 · 5 votes
Movie5.9DocumentaryA documentary about the making of the final version of "Metropolis" by restoring all material from different sources.
MovieDocumentaryDocumentary by Eckhart Schmidt.
MovieDocumentaryDocumentary about the current state of German cinema. Produced for German television.
Movie5.4DocumentaryArgentinian film historians find a complete print of Fritz Lang's “Metropolis” (1927) at Buenos Aires Film Museum and take it to Germany for its restoration.
Movie5.0DocumentaryVesely’s study on changing urbanity claims that "the Espresso has a democratic touch." Italy has expanded into Munich and instead of beer hall cellars, there are Cappuccinos, ice creams and tables in the open.
Movie6.5DocumentaryA documentary about Fritz Langs "Metropolis" by Enno Patalas.