Volker Prechtel
Acting
Born 1941-08-09
Died 1997-08-07
Hopfen am See, Bavaria, Germany
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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
Acting
43 credits
Scene of the Crime
Derrick
Der Fahnder
Forsthaus Falkenau
The Name of the Rose
Löwengrube
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
The Odessa File
Anderland
Der König
Heart of Glass
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
Sisi/Last Minute
Nonstop Nonsens
Scream of Stone
Sachrang
Der Gerichtsvollzieher
Das Geheimnis
Der Andro-Jäger
Woyzeck
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
The Marquise of O
Piratensender Powerplay
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
Natascha - Todesgrüsse aus Moskau
Waller's Last Trip
Oh Dear Harry!
Four Junior Detectives
Tanner
Crime and Passion
Big Mäc
Alles nur Tarnung
Das größte Fest des Jahres
Der Pampelmusenmond
Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter
Starke Zeiten
Der Jäger von Fall
Tödliche Lüge
Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne
Moritz
Lorenz im Land der Lügner
Die Farbe des Himmels
Other credits
14 credits
Weißblaue Geschichten
Air Albatros
The Serbian Girl
Tarabas
Geheimtip für Tommy
Eine Schmugglergeschichte - Die Legende des Tabak-Peter
The Frozen Heart
Es begann bei Tiffany
Kampftag
Drei gegen Hollywood
Zimmer 36
Willkommen in Kronstadt
Der Schluckauf
Traumlage
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