Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 09, 1941
Died
Aug 07, 1997
Place of Birth
Hopfen am See, Bavaria, Germany
Credits
57 titles
Volker Prechtel
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
Self (archive footage)
Lorenz im Land der Lügner
Spitzel
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
Fösi
Alles nur Tarnung
Pfarrer
Willkommen in Kronstadt
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
Fösi
Der König
Pichler
Air Albatros
Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter
Stammtischbruder
Das Geheimnis
Staudammwärter
Tödliche Lüge
Georg
Moritz
Wagner
Four Junior Detectives
Pingling / Ritter von Zährenstein
Das größte Fest des Jahres
Toni Lederer
Scream of Stone
Himalaja-Bezwinger
Sisi/Last Minute
Hias von Konnersreuth
The Serbian Girl
Löwengrube
Waldhauser
Der Pampelmusenmond
Herzblau
Waller's Last Trip
Karg
Forsthaus Falkenau
Toni Lederer
Zimmer 36
Starke Zeiten
Hospital Employee
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
Self
The Name of the Rose
Malachia
Tanner
Fuhrhalter Suter
Big Mäc
Zollbeamter
Weißblaue Geschichten
Der Fahnder
Wirt
Traumlage
Der Andro-Jäger
Polizist Heinmann
Tarabas
Drei gegen Hollywood
Piratensender Powerplay
Bailiff
Kampftag
Der Schluckauf
Der Gerichtsvollzieher
Eisverkäufer Hans
Oh Dear Harry!
Etagenkellner
Anderland
Postkutscher
Die Farbe des Himmels
Milchfahrer Elfengruber
Woyzeck
Handwerksbursche
Es begann bei Tiffany
Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne
Girgl
The Frozen Heart
Eine Schmugglergeschichte - Die Legende des Tabak-Peter
Sachrang
Heckenberger
Natascha - Todesgrüsse aus Moskau
CIA-Agent
Geheimtip für Tommy
Heart of Glass
Wudy
The Marquise of O
Der Pfarrer