2.0
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022
Volker Prechtel
Acting
Born August 9, 1941Died August 7, 1997Hopfen am See, Bavaria, Germany
Biography
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.
Movies
See AllLorenz im Land der Lügner
9.0
Lorenz im Land der Lügner
1997
4.0
Alles nur Tarnung
1996
Willkommen in Kronstadt
8.0
Willkommen in Kronstadt
1996
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
10.0
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
1995
6.3
Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter
1994
Das Geheimnis
10.0
Das Geheimnis
1994
4.3
Tödliche Lüge
1993
Moritz
7.0
Moritz
1992
5.6
Four Junior Detectives
1992
0.0
Das größte Fest des Jahres
1991
6.3
Scream of Stone
1991
5.5
Sisi/Last Minute
1991
10.0
The Serbian Girl
1991
Der Pampelmusenmond
10.0
Der Pampelmusenmond
1989
6.2
Waller's Last Trip
1989
9.0
Zimmer 36
1988
5.5
Starke Zeiten
1988
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
6.7
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
1986
7.5
The Name of the Rose
1986
9.0
Tanner
1986
4.0
Big Mäc
1985
Traumlage
9.0
Traumlage
1983
0.0
Drei gegen Hollywood
1982
5.4
Piratensender Powerplay
1982
Kampftag
9.0
Kampftag
1982
0.0
Der Schluckauf
1981
6.1
Oh Dear Harry!
1981
Die Farbe des Himmels
0.0
Die Farbe des Himmels
1979
6.6
Woyzeck
1979
4.8
Es begann bei Tiffany
1979
8.0
Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne
1979
5.2
The Frozen Heart
1979
6.5
Natascha - Todesgrüsse aus Moskau
1977
6.6
Heart of Glass
1976
6.7
The Marquise of O
1976
7.0
Crime and Passion
1976
7.3
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974
6.6
The Odessa File
1974
6.2
Der Jäger von Fall
1974
TV Shows
See AllDie Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
0.0
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
Der König
9.0
Der König
Air Albatros
7.0
Air Albatros
8.0
Löwengrube
5.9
Forsthaus Falkenau
9.5
Weißblaue Geschichten
7.3
Der Fahnder
7.0
Der Andro-Jäger
0.0
Tarabas
Der Gerichtsvollzieher
7.0
Der Gerichtsvollzieher
Anderland
9.0
Anderland
Eine Schmugglergeschichte - Die Legende des Tabak-Peter
0.0
Eine Schmugglergeschichte - Die Legende des Tabak-Peter
6.5
Sachrang
Geheimtip für Tommy
0.0
Geheimtip für Tommy
8.8
Nonstop Nonsens
6.0
Derrick
6.2
Scene of the Crime
6.2
Scene of the Crime
6.2