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