Acting · Hopfen am See, Bavaria, Germany · Born August 9, 1941
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.
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Lorenz im Land der Lügner
1997
as Spitzel
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
1996
as Fösi
MovieAlles nur Tarnung
1996
as Pfarrer
Willkommen in Kronstadt
1996
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
1995
as Fösi
Der König
1994
as Pichler
Air Albatros
1994
MoviePumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter
1994
as Stammtischbruder
Das Geheimnis
1994
as Staudammwärter
MovieTödliche Lüge
1993
as Georg
Moritz
1992
as Wagner
MovieFour Junior Detectives
1992
as Pingling / Ritter von Zährenstein
MovieDas größte Fest des Jahres
1991
as Toni Lederer
MovieScream of Stone
1991
as Himalaja-Bezwinger
MovieSisi/Last Minute
1991
as Hias von Konnersreuth
MovieThe Serbian Girl
1991
TVLöwengrube
1989
as Waldhauser
Der Pampelmusenmond
1989
as Herzblau
MovieWaller's Last Trip
1989
as Karg
TVForsthaus Falkenau
1989
as Toni Lederer
MovieZimmer 36
1988
MovieStarke Zeiten
1988
as Hospital Employee
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
1986
as Self
MovieThe Name of the Rose
1986
as Malachia
MovieTanner
1986
as Fuhrhalter Suter
MovieBig Mäc
1985
as Zollbeamter
TVWeißblaue Geschichten
1984
TVDer Fahnder
1984
as Wirt
Traumlage
1983
TVDer Andro-Jäger
1982
as Polizist Heinmann
TVTarabas
1982
MovieDrei gegen Hollywood
1982
MoviePiratensender Powerplay
1982
as Bailiff
Kampftag
1982
MovieDer Schluckauf
1981
Der Gerichtsvollzieher
1981
as Eisverkäufer Hans
MovieOh Dear Harry!
1981
as Etagenkellner
Anderland
1980
as Postkutscher
Die Farbe des Himmels
1979
as Milchfahrer Elfengruber
MovieWoyzeck
1979
as Handwerksbursche
MovieEs begann bei Tiffany
1979
MovieBlauer Himmel den ich nur ahne
1979
as Girgl
MovieThe Frozen Heart
1979
Eine Schmugglergeschichte - Die Legende des Tabak-Peter
1978
TVSachrang
1978
as Heckenberger
MovieNatascha - Todesgrüsse aus Moskau
1977
as CIA-Agent
Geheimtip für Tommy
1977
MovieHeart of Glass
1976
as Wudy
MovieThe Marquise of O
1976
as Der Pfarrer
MovieCrime and Passion
1976
as Innkeeper
TVNonstop Nonsens
1975
as Sheriff
MovieThe Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974
as Hiltel, the prison guard
TVDerrick
1974
as Ingenieur
MovieThe Odessa File
1974
as Günther Kolb (uncredited)
MovieDer Jäger von Fall
1974
as Leitner
TVScene of the Crime
1970
as Landpolizist
