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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.9614 |
| Birthday | 1941-08-09 |
| Place of Birth | Hopfen am See, Bavaria, Germany |
| Also Known As |
1996
Alles nur Tarnung
4/5
After trying to smuggle a package into prison for his father Willi, Harry and his girlfriend Marlies also end up in jail. While Harry is billeted with...
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Alles nur Tarnung
1979
Woyzeck
6.633/206
Having fathered an illegitimate child with his lover, Marie, feckless soldier Franz Woyzeck takes odd jobs around his small town to provide some extra...
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Woyzeck
1991
Scream of Stone
6.276/38
A meeting of two world famous climbers, one an experienced mountaineer the other a sport climber, and a journalist (Ivan) results in a bet on which of...
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Scream of Stone
1989
Der Pampelmusenmond
10/1
Because she believes she is standing in the way of her parents' happiness, seven-year-old Sarah runs away from home. But the world is too big for the...
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Der Pampelmusenmond
1994
Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter
6.3/5
Pumuckl meets the blue Klabauter to learn magic. But he has bad intentions for the little goblin. Nevertheless, Pumuckl still finds enough time for hi...
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Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter
1985
Big Mäc
4/3
Bernhard "Big Mäc" Maurer, an ex-motorcycle freak and bored piano teacher, is voted the "perfect motorcyclist" by the trade magazine Motorrad after qu...
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Big Mäc
1982
Piratensender Powerplay
5.372/39
Tommy and Mike operate a famous pirate radio station, Germany's most listened-to radio station. The police and the operators of the Bavarian Broadcast...
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Piratensender Powerplay
1988
Starke Zeiten
5.5/2
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Starke Zeiten
1989
Waller's Last Trip
6.25/4
For many years the old Waller worked as a railwayman. After Waller is informed that "his" track will be closed down and that he will be retired, he wa...
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Waller's Last Trip
1991
The Serbian Girl
10/1
The naive 18 year old Dobrila leaves her little Serbian village to travel to Hamburg, Germany, where her boyfriend lives. The trip is not easy. Finall...
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The Serbian Girl
1991
Das größte Fest des Jahres
0/0
A TV special about the christmas celebrations of the most popular TV characters in the ZDF at that time.
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Das größte Fest des Jahres
1974
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
7.335/386
The film follows Kaspar Hauser, who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with only a toy horse to occupy his time, dev...
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The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1976
Heart of Glass
6.541/134
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Heart of Glass
1979
Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne
8/1
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1979
Die Farbe des Himmels
0/0
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Die Farbe des Himmels
1979
The Frozen Heart
5.2/6
A tramp tries to trick the community into paying for the funeral of his fellow tramp who was found frozen to death.
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The Frozen Heart
1981
Der Schluckauf
0/0
Flo, a young woman from the province, moves to Berlin to become a photo model.
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Der Schluckauf
1993
Tödliche Lüge
4.333/3
TV superstar Claudia Fischer basks in the fame she has earned with her erotic “Domino Show.” On her show, she mercilessly exposes her contestants' mos...
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Tödliche Lüge
1986
The Name of the Rose
7.497/3395
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The Name of the Rose
1986
Tanner
9/3
During the WW2, a Swiss mountain farmer, refuses to follow the government policy to increase self-sufficiency with produce. In his opinion, the steep...
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Tanner
1976
Crime and Passion
7/8
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Crime and Passion
1977
Natascha - Todesgrüsse aus Moskau
6.5/2
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Natascha - Todesgrüsse aus Moskau
1992
Four Junior Detectives
5.556/9
The four young snoopers Tim, Karl, Kloesschen and Gaby by chance discover a hidden cave near an old castle. In it there's a board that seems to descri...
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Four Junior Detectives
1996
Willkommen in Kronstadt
8/1
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Willkommen in Kronstadt
1995
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
10/1
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Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
1983
Traumlage
9/1
The farm that Barthel and his sister run near Munich is in a dream location. But it is unprofitable and is rapidly falling into disrepair. Barthel's s...
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Traumlage
1992
Moritz
7/1
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1982
Drei gegen Hollywood
0/0
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Drei gegen Hollywood
1988
Zimmer 36
9/1
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Zimmer 36
1997
Lorenz im Land der Lügner
9/1
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Lorenz im Land der Lügner
1982
Kampftag
9/1
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Kampftag
1991
Sisi/Last Minute
5.5/2
The immature young ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Franz Joseph, was extremely shy around women but (according to this film) was constantly bein...
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Sisi/Last Minute
1981
Oh Dear Harry!
6.1/15
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Oh Dear Harry!
1994
Das Geheimnis
10/1
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Das Geheimnis
1976
The Marquise of O
6.7/80
A German Marquise has to deal with a pregnancy she cannot explain and an infatuated Russian Count.
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The Marquise of O
1974
Der Jäger von Fall
6.25/4
When a hunter returns home after two years, he finds nothing is like it used to be, as his cruel rival has stolen his bride.
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Der Jäger von Fall
1986
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
6.714/7
A German TV documentary that chronicles the daily rehearsals, the filming and all the behind the scenes of Jean-Jacques Annaud's classic "The Name of...
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The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
1974
The Odessa File
6.629/205
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The Odessa File
1979
Es begann bei Tiffany
4.75/4
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2022
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2/1
An oral history of the 1986 film adaptation of "The Name of the Rose", gathering together the memories of several members of the surviving cast/crew.
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