Volker Prechtel
Known for ActingBorn 1941-08-09 — died 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.
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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
The Name of the Rose
1986 · as Malachia
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974 · as Hiltel, the prison guard
The Odessa File
1974 · as Günther Kolb (uncredited)
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022 · as Self (archive footage)
Heart of Glass
1976 · as Wudy
Sisi/Last Minute
1991 · as Hias von Konnersreuth
Woyzeck
1979 · as Handwerksbursche
The Serbian Girl
1991
The Marquise of O
1976 · as Der Pfarrer
Alles nur Tarnung
1996 · as Pfarrer
Oh Dear Harry!
1981 · as Etagenkellner
Das Geheimnis
1994 · as Staudammwärter
The Frozen Heart
1979
Scream of Stone
1991 · as Himalaja-Bezwinger
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
1995 · as Fösi
Starke Zeiten
1988 · as Hospital Employee
Piratensender Powerplay
1982 · as Bailiff
Crime and Passion
1976 · as Innkeeper