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Volker Prechtel
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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 MĂŒnchner Kammerspiele, the MĂŒnchner Volkstheater, the Freie VolksbĂŒhne Berlin, and the MĂŒnchner Theater fĂŒr Kinder.
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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 MĂŒnchner Kammerspiele, the MĂŒnchner Volkstheater, the Freie VolksbĂŒhne Berlin, and the MĂŒnchner Theater fĂŒr 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 1997âtwo days before his 56th birthdayâfrom complications related to cancer.
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Volker Prechtel's Filmography
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An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Lorenz im Land der LĂŒgner
as Spitzel
Alles nur Tarnung
as Pfarrer
No Poster
Willkommen in Kronstadt
No Poster
Die Fernsehsaga â Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
as Fösi
Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter
as Stammtischbruder
No Poster
Das Geheimnis
as StaudammwÀrter
Tödliche LĂŒge
as Georg
No Poster
Moritz
as Wagner
Four Junior Detectives
as Pingling / Ritter von ZĂ€hrenstein
Das gröĂte Fest des Jahres
as Toni Lederer
Scream of Stone
as Himalaja-Bezwinger
Sisi/Last Minute
as Hias von Konnersreuth
The Serbian Girl
No Poster
Der Pampelmusenmond
as Herzblau
Waller's Last Trip
as Karg
Zimmer 36
Starke Zeiten
as Hospital Employee
No Poster
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
as Self
The Name of the Rose
as Malachia
Tanner
as Fuhrhalter Suter
Big MĂ€c
as Zollbeamter
No Poster
Traumlage
Drei gegen Hollywood
Piratensender Powerplay
as Bailiff
No Poster
Kampftag
Der Schluckauf
Oh Dear Harry!
as Etagenkellner
No Poster
Die Farbe des Himmels
as Milchfahrer Elfengruber
Woyzeck
as Handwerksbursche
Es begann bei Tiffany
Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne
as Girgl
The Frozen Heart
as Sargmacher
Natascha - TodesgrĂŒsse aus Moskau
as CIA-Agent
Heart of Glass
as Wudy
The Marquise of O
as Der Pfarrer
Crime and Passion
as Innkeeper
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
as Hiltel, the prison guard
The Odessa File
as GĂŒnther Kolb (uncredited)
Der JĂ€ger von Fall
as Leitner