Born in Augsburg to a pediatrician and his wife, Prückner abandoned legal studies after his Abitur to train as an actor in Munich under Hans Josef Becher and Ellen Mahlke. He began on stage at Munich’s Schauburg, then performed in St. Gallen, Oberhausen, Zürich and helped found Berlin’s Schaubühne, later joining the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel as a freelance artist.
His screen career, spanning…
