Volker Prechtel
Acting
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
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An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieAlles nur Tarnung
1996
Pfarrer
Der König
1994
Pichler
moviePumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter
1994
Stammtischbruder
Das Geheimnis
1994
Staudammwärter
Moritz
1992
Wagner
movieFour Junior Detectives
1992
Pingling / Ritter von Zährenstein
movieDas größte Fest des Jahres
1991
Toni Lederer
movieScream of Stone
1991
Himalaja-Bezwinger
movieSisi/Last Minute
1991
Hias von Konnersreuth
tvLöwengrube
1989
Waldhauser
tvForsthaus Falkenau
1989
Toni Lederer
movieStarke Zeiten
1988
Hospital Employee
movieThe Name of the Rose
1986
Malachia
movieTanner
1986
Fuhrhalter Suter
movieBig Mäc
1985
Zollbeamter
tvDer Andro-Jäger
1982
Polizist Heinmann
Der Gerichtsvollzieher
1981
Eisverkäufer Hans
movieOh Dear Harry!
1981
Etagenkellner
Anderland
1980
Postkutscher
Die Farbe des Himmels
1979
Milchfahrer Elfengruber
movieWoyzeck
1979
Handwerksbursche
tvSachrang
1978
Heckenberger
movieThe Marquise of O
1976
Der Pfarrer
movieCrime and Passion
1976
Innkeeper
tvNonstop Nonsens
1975
Sheriff
movieThe Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974
Hiltel, the prison guard
tvDerrick
1974
Ingenieur
movieThe Odessa File
1974
Günther Kolb (uncredited)
movieDer Jäger von Fall
1974
Leitner
tvScene of the Crime
1970
Landpolizist / Dallinger