An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Volker Prechtel
1941-08-09
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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 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.
Filmography
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Lorenz im Land der Lügner
1997 · Movie
as Spitzel
Alles nur Tarnung
1996 · Movie
as Pfarrer
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Willkommen in Kronstadt
1996 · Movie
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Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
1996 · TV Show
as Fösi
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Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
1995 · Movie
as Fösi
Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter
1994 · Movie
as Stammtischbruder
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Das Geheimnis
1994 · Movie
as Staudammwärter
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Der König
1994 · TV Show
as Pichler
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Air Albatros
1994 · TV Show
Tödliche Lüge
1993 · Movie
as Georg
Four Junior Detectives
1992 · Movie
as Pingling / Ritter von Zährenstein
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Moritz
1992 · Movie
as Wagner
Scream of Stone
1991 · Movie
as Himalaja-Bezwinger
The Serbian Girl
1991 · Movie
Das größte Fest des Jahres
1991 · Movie
as Toni Lederer
Sisi/Last Minute
1991 · Movie
as Hias von Konnersreuth
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Der Pampelmusenmond
1989 · Movie
as Herzblau
Waller's Last Trip
1989 · Movie
as Karg
Forsthaus Falkenau
1989 · TV Show
as Toni Lederer
Löwengrube
1989 · TV Show
as Waldhauser
Starke Zeiten
1988 · Movie
as Hospital Employee
Zimmer 36
1988 · Movie
The Name of the Rose
1986 · Movie
as Malachia
Tanner
1986 · Movie
as Fuhrhalter Suter
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The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
1986 · Movie
as Self
Big Mäc
1985 · Movie
as Zollbeamter
Der Fahnder
1984 · TV Show
as Wirt
Weißblaue Geschichten
1984 · TV Show
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Traumlage
1983 · Movie
Piratensender Powerplay
1982 · Movie
as Bailiff
Drei gegen Hollywood
1982 · Movie
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Kampftag
1982 · Movie
Der Andro-Jäger
1982 · TV Show
as Polizist Heinmann
Tarabas
1982 · TV Show
Der Schluckauf
1981 · Movie
Oh Dear Harry!
1981 · Movie
as Etagenkellner
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Der Gerichtsvollzieher
1981 · TV Show
as Eisverkäufer Hans
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Anderland
1980 · TV Show
as Postkutscher
Woyzeck
1979 · Movie
as Handwerksbursche
Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne
1979 · Movie
as Girgl
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Die Farbe des Himmels
1979 · Movie
as Milchfahrer Elfengruber
The Frozen Heart
1979 · Movie
Es begann bei Tiffany
1979 · Movie
Sachrang
1978 · TV Show
as Heckenberger
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Eine Schmugglergeschichte - Die Legende des Tabak-Peter
1978 · TV Show
Natascha - Todesgrüsse aus Moskau
1977 · Movie
as CIA-Agent
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Geheimtip für Tommy
1977 · TV Show
Heart of Glass
1976 · Movie
as Wudy
Crime and Passion
1976 · Movie
as Innkeeper
The Marquise of O
1976 · Movie
as Der Pfarrer
Nonstop Nonsens
1975 · TV Show
as Sheriff
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974 · Movie
as Hiltel, the prison guard
Der Jäger von Fall
1974 · Movie
as Leitner
The Odessa File
1974 · Movie
as Günther Kolb (uncredited)
Derrick
1974 · TV Show
as Ingenieur
Scene of the Crime
1970 · TV Show
as Landpolizist, Dallinger
