Volker Prechtel
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.
57 acting credits
Acting · 57
Scene of the Crime
1970
Derrick
1974
Der Fahnder
1984
Forsthaus Falkenau
1989
Weißblaue Geschichten
1984
The Name of the Rose
1986
Löwengrube
1989
Der König
1994
The Odessa File
1974
Anderland
1980
Der Gerichtsvollzieher
1981
Der Andro-Jäger
1982
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974
Nonstop Nonsens
1975
Scream of Stone
1991
Woyzeck
1979
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
1986
Air Albatros
1994
Heart of Glass
1976
Piratensender Powerplay
1982
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
1995
Starke Zeiten
1988
Sachrang
1978
Four Junior Detectives
1992
Tarabas
1982
Lorenz im Land der Lügner
1997
Waller's Last Trip
1989
Drei gegen Hollywood
1982
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
1996
The Marquise of O
1976
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022
Geheimtip für Tommy
1977
Natascha - Todesgrüsse aus Moskau
1977
Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter
1994
Big Mäc
1985
Alles nur Tarnung
1996
Der Jäger von Fall
1974
Eine Schmugglergeschichte - Die Legende des Tabak-Peter
1978
Oh Dear Harry!
1981
Crime and Passion
1976
Es begann bei Tiffany
1979
The Serbian Girl
1991
The Frozen Heart
1979
Kampftag
1982
Der Pampelmusenmond
1989
Das Geheimnis
1994
Tödliche Lüge
1993
Traumlage
1983
Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne
1979
Tanner
1986
Das größte Fest des Jahres
1991
Zimmer 36
1988
Sisi/Last Minute
1991
Willkommen in Kronstadt
1996
Moritz
1992
Die Farbe des Himmels
1979
Der Schluckauf
1981