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Volker Prechtel
Hopfen 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…
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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 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.
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2022
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1997
Lorenz im Land der Lügner
Movie Spitzel
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1996
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
TV show Fösi
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1996
Alles nur Tarnung
Movie Pfarrer
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1996
Willkommen in Kronstadt
Movie
- 1995
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1994
Der König
TV show Pichler
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1994
Air Albatros
TV show
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1994
Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter
Movie Stammtischbruder
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1994
Das Geheimnis
Movie Staudammwärter
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1993
Tödliche Lüge
Movie Georg
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1992
Moritz
Movie Wagner
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1992
Four Junior Detectives
Movie Pingling / Ritter von Zährenstein
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1991
Das größte Fest des Jahres
Movie Toni Lederer
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1991
Scream of Stone
Movie Himalaja-Bezwinger
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1991
Sisi/Last Minute
Movie Hias von Konnersreuth
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1991
The Serbian Girl
Movie
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1989
Löwengrube
TV show Waldhauser
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1989
Der Pampelmusenmond
Movie Herzblau
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1989
Waller's Last Trip
Movie Karg
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1989
Forsthaus Falkenau
TV show Toni Lederer
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1988
Zimmer 36
Movie
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1988
Starke Zeiten
Movie Hospital Employee
- 1986
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1986
The Name of the Rose
Movie Malachia
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1986
Tanner
Movie Fuhrhalter Suter
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1985
Big Mäc
Movie Zollbeamter
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1984
Weißblaue Geschichten
TV show
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1984
Der Fahnder
TV show Wirt
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1983
Traumlage
Movie
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1982
Der Andro-Jäger
TV show Polizist Heinmann
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1982
Tarabas
TV show
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1982
Drei gegen Hollywood
Movie
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1982
Piratensender Powerplay
Movie Bailiff
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1982
Kampftag
Movie
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1981
Der Schluckauf
Movie
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1981
Der Gerichtsvollzieher
TV show Eisverkäufer Hans
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1981
Oh Dear Harry!
Movie Etagenkellner
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1980
Anderland
TV show Postkutscher
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1979
Die Farbe des Himmels
Movie Milchfahrer Elfengruber
