Volker Prechtel
Known for: Acting
Born: August 9, 1941
Died: August 7, 1997
Place of birth: Hopfen am See, Bavaria, Germany
Volker Prechtel (born August 9, 1941, in Hopfen am See; died August 7, 1997, in Gröbenzell) was a German theater, film, and television actor. Prechtel initially studied pedagogy and worked as a schoolteacher for several years before finding his way to professional acting through amateur theater stages. With his striking face and distinctive nose, he became a sought-after character actor in film and television, appearing in more than one hundred productions. Prechtel was also a regular presence on the theater stage. He performed at venues including the Münchner Kammerspiele, the Münchner Volkstheater, the Freie Volksbühne Berlin, and the Münchner Theater für Kinder. He achieved international recognition in 1986 for his role as the monk Malachias in *The Name of the Rose*, based on the novel by Umberto Eco. In that film, he acted alongside Sean Connery and Helmut Qualtinger. Additionally, he appeared as a public bus driver in the crime series *Der König*. Volker Prechtel died in 1997—two days before his 56th birthday—from complications related to cancer.
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Filmography
40 movies · 17 TV shows, newest first
2.0
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
20229.0
Lorenz im Land der Lügner
1997NR
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
1996
4.0
Alles nur Tarnung
19968.0
Willkommen in Kronstadt
199610.0
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
19959.0
Der König
19947.0
Air Albatros
1994
6.3
Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter
199410.0
Das Geheimnis
1994
4.3
Tödliche Lüge
19937.0
Moritz
1992
5.6
Four Junior Detectives
1992
NR
Das größte Fest des Jahres
1991
6.3
Scream of Stone
1991
5.5
Sisi/Last Minute
1991
10.0
The Serbian Girl
1991
8.0
Löwengrube
198910.0
Der Pampelmusenmond
1989
6.3
Waller's Last Trip
1989
5.9
Forsthaus Falkenau
1989
9.0
Zimmer 36
1988
5.5
Starke Zeiten
19886.7
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
1986
7.5
The Name of the Rose
1986
9.0
Tanner
1986
4.0
Big Mäc
1985
NR
Weißblaue Geschichten
1984
7.3
Der Fahnder
19849.0
Traumlage
1983
7.0
Der Andro-Jäger
1982
NR
Tarabas
1982
NR
Drei gegen Hollywood
1982
5.4
Piratensender Powerplay
19829.0
Kampftag
1982
NR
Der Schluckauf
19817.0
Der Gerichtsvollzieher
1981
6.1
Oh Dear Harry!
19819.0
Anderland
1980NR
Die Farbe des Himmels
1979
6.6
Woyzeck
1979
4.8
Es begann bei Tiffany
1979
8.0
Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne
1979
5.2
The Frozen Heart
1979NR
Eine Schmugglergeschichte - Die Legende des Tabak-Peter
1978
6.5
Sachrang
1978
6.5
Natascha - Todesgrüsse aus Moskau
1977NR
Geheimtip für Tommy
1977
6.5
Heart of Glass
1976
6.7
The Marquise of O
1976
7.0
Crime and Passion
1976
8.8
Nonstop Nonsens
1975
7.3
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974
6.0
Derrick
1974
6.6
The Odessa File
1974
6.3
Der Jäger von Fall
1974
6.2
Scene of the Crime
1970