Volker Prechtel

Known for ActingBorn 1941-08-09Died 1997-08-07Hopfen am See, Bavaria, Germany

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte

Das Geheimnis

The Serbian Girl

Der Pampelmusenmond

Lorenz im Land der Lügner

Der König

Zimmer 36

Tanner

Traumlage

Kampftag

Anderland

Nonstop Nonsens

Willkommen in Kronstadt

Löwengrube

Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne

The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'

The Name of the Rose

Der Fahnder

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

Air Albatros

Moritz

Der Andro-Jäger

Der Gerichtsvollzieher

Crime and Passion

The Marquise of O

Woyzeck

The Odessa File

Heart of Glass

Sachrang

Natascha - Todesgrüsse aus Moskau

Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter

Scream of Stone

Waller's Last Trip

Der Jäger von Fall

Oh Dear Harry!

Scene of the Crime

Derrick

Forsthaus Falkenau

Four Junior Detectives

Sisi/Last Minute

Starke Zeiten

Piratensender Powerplay

The Frozen Heart

Es begann bei Tiffany

Tödliche Lüge

Alles nur Tarnung

Big Mäc

An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose