Volker Prechtel
Actor
- Born
- August 9, 1941 · Hopfen am See, Bavaria, Germany
- Died
- August 7, 1997 (age 55)
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.
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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.
Known for
The Name of the Rose
September 24, 1986
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
November 1, 1974
Woyzeck
May 25, 1979
The Odessa File
October 17, 1974
Heart of Glass
November 12, 1976
The Marquise of O
May 19, 1976
Piratensender Powerplay
January 14, 1982
Scream of Stone
October 3, 1991
Oh Dear Harry!
February 26, 1981
Four Junior Detectives
April 2, 1992
Crime and Passion
February 6, 1976
The Frozen Heart
January 15, 1979
Acting40
- 2022An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose as Self (archive footage)
- 1997Lorenz im Land der Lügner as Spitzel
- 1996Alles nur Tarnung as Pfarrer
- 1996Willkommen in Kronstadt
- 1995Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte as Fösi
- 1994Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter as Stammtischbruder
- 1994Das Geheimnis as Staudammwärter
- 1993Tödliche Lüge as Georg
- 1992Moritz as Wagner
- 1992Four Junior Detectives