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name: "Volker Prechtel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/volker-prechtel"
fi1m_id: "volker-prechtel"
imdb_id: "nm0695711"
tmdb_id: 2370
wikidata_id: "Q84948"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 August 1941"
died: "7 August 1997"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T19:47:57.213505+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Volker Prechtel

## Identity

Volker Prechtel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/volker-prechtel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** volker-prechtel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0695711
- **TMDB ID:** 2370
- **Wikidata ID:** Q84948
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker_Prechtel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84948, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0695711/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2370

Actor. Born 9 August 1941 in Hopfen am See, Bavaria, Germany. Died 7 August 1997.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 August 1941, Hopfen am See, Bavaria, Germany
- **Died:** 7 August 1997
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker_Prechtel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84948, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0695711/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2370

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Name of the Rose*](https://film.one/film/the-name-of-the-rose.md) (77)

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## 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).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Name of the Rose* (1986), Fi1m 77, as Malachia — [page](https://film.one/film/the-name-of-the-rose.md)

## Complete filmography (55)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Lorenz im Land der Lügner* (1997), as Spitzel
- *Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte* (1996), series, as Fösi
- *Alles nur Tarnung* (1996), as Pfarrer
- *Willkommen in Kronstadt* (1996), Actor
- *Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte* (1995), as Fösi
- *Der König* (1994), series, as Pichler
- *Air Albatros* (1994), series, Actor
- *Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter* (1994), as Stammtischbruder
- *Das Geheimnis* (1994), as Staudammwärter
- *Tödliche Lüge* (1993), as Georg
- *Moritz* (1992), as Wagner
- *Four Junior Detectives* (1992), as Pingling / Ritter von Zährenstein
- *Das größte Fest des Jahres* (1991), as Toni Lederer
- *Scream of Stone* (1991), as Himalaja-Bezwinger
- *Sisi/Last Minute* (1991), as Hias von Konnersreuth
- *The Serbian Girl* (1991), Actor
- *Löwengrube* (1989), series, as Waldhauser
- *Der Pampelmusenmond* (1989), as Herzblau
- *Waller's Last Trip* (1989), as Karg
- *Forsthaus Falkenau* (1989), series, as Toni Lederer
- *Zimmer 36* (1988), Actor
- *Starke Zeiten* (1988), as Hospital Employee
- *The Name of the Rose* (1986), as Malachia — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-name-of-the-rose.md)
- *Tanner* (1986), as Fuhrhalter Suter
- *Big Mäc* (1985), as Zollbeamter
- *Weißblaue Geschichten* (1984), series, Actor
- *Der Fahnder* (1984), series, as Wirt
- *Traumlage* (1983), Actor
- *Der Andro-Jäger* (1982), series, as Polizist Heinmann
- *Tarabas* (1982), series, Actor
- *Drei gegen Hollywood* (1982), Actor
- *Piratensender Powerplay* (1982), as Bailiff
- *Kampftag* (1982), Actor
- *Der Schluckauf* (1981), Actor
- *Der Gerichtsvollzieher* (1981), series, as Eisverkäufer Hans
- *Oh Dear Harry!* (1981), as Etagenkellner
- *Anderland* (1980), series, as Postkutscher
- *Die Farbe des Himmels* (1979), as Milchfahrer Elfengruber
- *Woyzeck* (1979), as Handwerksbursche
- *Es begann bei Tiffany* (1979), Actor
- *Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne* (1979), as Girgl
- *The Frozen Heart* (1979), as Sargmacher
- *Eine Schmugglergeschichte - Die Legende des Tabak-Peter* (1978), series, Actor
- *Sachrang* (1978), series, as Heckenberger
- *Natascha - Todesgrüsse aus Moskau* (1977), as CIA-Agent
- *Geheimtip für Tommy* (1977), series, Actor
- *Heart of Glass* (1976), as Wudy
- *The Marquise of O* (1976), as Der Pfarrer
- *Crime and Passion* (1976), as Innkeeper
- *Nonstop Nonsens* (1975), series, as Sheriff
- *The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser* (1974), as Hiltel, the prison guard
- *Derrick* (1974), series, as Ingenieur
- *The Odessa File* (1974), as Günther Kolb (uncredited)
- *Der Jäger von Fall* (1974), as Leitner
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Landpolizist, Dallinger

## Gallery

- ![Volker Prechtel](https://film.one/media/person/5549207/gallery-4cf74808c237.jpg) Volker Prechtel — Figurator, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Volker_Prechtel.jpg/1280px-Volker_Prechtel.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Volker Prechtel](https://film.one/media/person/5549207/gallery-05cef1085791.jpg) Volker Prechtel — Image via TMDB

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