Volker Prechtel
Acting
1941-08-09 · Hopfen 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.
Filmography
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022 · Movie
Lorenz im Land der Lügner
1997 · Movie
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
1996 · Series
Alles nur Tarnung
1996 · Movie
Willkommen in Kronstadt
1996 · Movie
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
1995 · Movie
Der König
1994 · Series
Air Albatros
1994 · Series
Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter
1994 · Movie
Das Geheimnis
1994 · Movie
Tödliche Lüge
1993 · Movie
Moritz
1992 · Movie
Four Junior Detectives
1992 · Movie
Das größte Fest des Jahres
1991 · Movie
Scream of Stone
1991 · Movie
Sisi/Last Minute
1991 · Movie
The Serbian Girl
1991 · Movie
Löwengrube
1989 · Series
Der Pampelmusenmond
1989 · Movie
Waller's Last Trip
1989 · Movie
Forsthaus Falkenau
1989 · Series
Zimmer 36
1988 · Movie
Starke Zeiten
1988 · Movie
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
1986 · Movie
The Name of the Rose
1986 · Movie
Tanner
1986 · Movie
Big Mäc
1985 · Movie
Weißblaue Geschichten
1984 · Series
Der Fahnder
1984 · Series
Traumlage
1983 · Movie
Der Andro-Jäger
1982 · Series
Tarabas
1982 · Series
Drei gegen Hollywood
1982 · Movie
Piratensender Powerplay
1982 · Movie
Kampftag
1982 · Movie
Der Schluckauf
1981 · Movie
Der Gerichtsvollzieher
1981 · Series
Oh Dear Harry!
1981 · Movie
Anderland
1980 · Series
Die Farbe des Himmels
1979 · Movie
Woyzeck
1979 · Movie
Es begann bei Tiffany
1979 · Movie
Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne
1979 · Movie
The Frozen Heart
1979 · Movie
Eine Schmugglergeschichte - Die Legende des Tabak-Peter
1978 · Series
Sachrang
1978 · Series
Natascha - Todesgrüsse aus Moskau
1977 · Movie
Geheimtip für Tommy
1977 · Series
Heart of Glass
1976 · Movie
The Marquise of O
1976 · Movie
Crime and Passion
1976 · Movie
Nonstop Nonsens
1975 · Series
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974 · Movie
Derrick
1974 · Series
The Odessa File
1974 · Movie
Der Jäger von Fall
1974 · Movie
Scene of the Crime
1970 · Series