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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.
Como intérprete
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
Lorenz im Land der Lügner
Alles nur Tarnung
Willkommen in Kronstadt
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter
Das Geheimnis
Tödliche Lüge
Ein Fall für TKKG: Drachenauge
Moritz
Grito de piedra
Das serbische Mädchen
Das größte Fest des Jahres
Sissi, el beso del emperador
Der Pampelmusenmond
Wallers letzter Gang
Ríete como puedas
Zimmer 36
El nombre de la rosa
Der schwarze Tanner
Die Abtei des Verbrechens - Umberto Ecos „Der Name der Rose“ wird verfilmt
Big Mäc
Traumlage
Piratensender Powerplay
Drei gegen Hollywood
Kampftag
Der Schluckauf
Ach du lieber Harry
Woyzeck
Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne