Volker Prechtel

Actor · born 9 August 1941 · 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.

Where to start: The Name of the Rose (1986).

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An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose

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An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose

Lorenz im Land der Lügner

Alles nur Tarnung

Willkommen in Kronstadt

Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte

Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter

Das Geheimnis

Tödliche Lüge

Moritz

Four Junior Detectives

Scream of Stone

Sisi/Last Minute

The Serbian Girl

Der Pampelmusenmond

Waller's Last Trip

Zimmer 36

Starke Zeiten

The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'

The Name of the Rose

Tanner

Big Mäc

Traumlage

Piratensender Powerplay

Kampftag

Oh Dear Harry!

Woyzeck

Es begann bei Tiffany

Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne

The Frozen Heart

Natascha - Todesgrüsse aus Moskau

Heart of Glass

The Marquise of O

Crime and Passion

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

The Odessa File

Der Jäger von Fall

TV shows 9

Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte

Der König

Forsthaus Falkenau

Weißblaue Geschichten

Der Andro-Jäger

Tarabas

Sachrang

Geheimtip für Tommy

Scene of the Crime

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