▁Film ▁Museum ▁were ▁un success ful . ▁ ▁The ▁Mun ich ▁Film ▁Museum ▁has ▁been ▁pione ering ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁rest oration ▁of ▁films ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s . ▁The ▁then ▁head , ▁En no ▁P atal as , ▁began ▁with ▁the ▁rest oration ▁of ▁German ▁silent ▁films ▁from ▁direct ors ▁such ▁as ▁Fritz ▁Lang , ▁Ernst ▁Lub itsch , ▁G . W . ▁P ab st ▁ ▁or ▁F . ▁W . ▁M urn au . ▁P atal as ▁under to ok ▁pian ist ▁Al jos cha ▁Z imm ermann ▁as ▁the ▁cinema ▁pian ist . ▁Z imm ermann ▁research ed ▁for ▁the ▁original ▁scores ▁or ▁wrote ▁accomp any ing ▁music . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁museum ▁houses ▁the ▁cin ematic ▁works ▁of ▁film m akers , ▁who ▁as ▁front ier ▁workers ▁cannot ▁be ▁assigned ▁a ▁national ▁film ▁archive , ▁such ▁as ▁Or son ▁W elles , ▁Thomas ▁Har lan , ▁Jean - Marie ▁Stra ub ▁and ▁D ani èle ▁Hu illet , ▁Nicolas ▁Hum bert , ▁Werner ▁Sch ro eter ▁and ▁W im ▁W enders . ▁Since ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁the ▁museum ▁poss esses ▁the ▁est ates ▁of ▁Or son ▁W elles , ▁in ▁particular ▁to ▁the ▁materials ▁of ▁un fin ished ▁films . ▁The ▁museum ▁was ▁given ▁the ▁W elles ▁est ates ▁from ▁his ▁last ▁companion ▁O ja ▁K od ar . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁the ▁museum ▁published ▁its ▁reconst ru ctions ▁and ▁rest or ations ▁on ▁DVD ▁in