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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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1941-08-09
- event Death Date 1997-08-07
- school Known for: Acting
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- info Birth Place Hopfen am See, Bavaria, Germany
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Alles nur Tarnung
1996-11-14
6.6
Woyzeck
1979-05-25
6.3
Scream of Stone
1991-10-03
10
Der Pampelmusenmond
1989-10-25
6.3
Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter
1994-03-24
4
Big Mäc
1985-04-26
5.5
Piratensender Powerplay
1982-01-14
5.5
Starke Zeiten
1988-05-12
6.3
Waller's Last Trip
1989-04-13
10
The Serbian Girl
1991-01-31
0
Das größte Fest des Jahres
1991-12-26
7.4
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974-11-01
6.6
Heart of Glass
1976-11-12
8
Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne
1979-02-05
0
Die Farbe des Himmels
1979-05-27
5.2
The Frozen Heart
1979-01-15
0
Der Schluckauf
1981-12-24
4.3
Tödliche Lüge
1993-09-16
7.5
The Name of the Rose
1986-09-24
9
Tanner
1986-01-11
6.9
Crime and Passion
1976-02-06
6.5
Natascha - Todesgrüsse aus Moskau
1977-05-13
5.6
Four Junior Detectives
1992-04-02
9
Lorenz im Land der Lügner
1997-04-10
8
Willkommen in Kronstadt
1996-04-24
10
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
1995-01-01
10
Das Geheimnis
1994-01-09
7
Moritz
1992-11-09
5.5
Sisi/Last Minute
1991-09-19
9
Zimmer 36
1988-05-30
9
Traumlage
1983-01-01
9
Kampftag
1982-01-01
0
Drei gegen Hollywood
1982-02-20
6.1
Oh Dear Harry!
1981-02-26
6.7
The Marquise of O
1976-05-19
6.3
Der Jäger von Fall
1974-10-09
7.5
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
1986-10-11
6.7
The Odessa File
1974-10-17
4.8
Es begann bei Tiffany
1979-04-30
0
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022-07-25
6.2
Scene of the Crime
1970-11-29
6.2
Scene of the Crime
1970-11-29
9
Der König
1994-10-23
8.9
Nonstop Nonsens
1975-03-29
7.3
Der Fahnder
1984-09-21
5.9
Forsthaus Falkenau
1989-04-11
7
Der Andro-Jäger
1982-08-09
8
Löwengrube
1989-11-14
0
Geheimtip für Tommy
1977-02-16
9
Anderland
1980-03-04
6.2
Scene of the Crime
1970-11-29
7
Der Gerichtsvollzieher
1981-11-16
7
Air Albatros
1994-09-17
6.1
Derrick
1974-10-20
6.5
Sachrang
1978-01-01
0
Eine Schmugglergeschichte - Die Legende des Tabak-Peter
1978-03-22
0
Weißblaue Geschichten
1984-11-04
0
Tarabas
1982-04-09
0
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
1996-12-21