Biography
Volker Prechtel was a German actor. He was born on 9 August 1941 in Hopfen am See, Bavaria, and died on 7 August 1997 in Gröbenzell, Bavaria.
Prechtel appeared in films including The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974), Heart of Glass (1976), The Marquise of O (1976), Woyzeck (1979) and The Name of the Rose (1986), in which he played the monk Malachia. He also had roles in television series such as Derrick (1974) and Der König (1994–1996).
