Der Röhm-Putsch (1967)
Synopsis
The documentary play reconstructs the backstory of the so-called “Röhm Putsch”, during which a few hundred people got killed, depicts the intrigues between the Reichswehr (German army) and the SA, and draws an image of the character of Röhm who, prior to Hitler’s accession to power, was his friend but later got pushed more and more into the background and eventually was disposed of. Röhm, captain during the 1st World War, organisational talent, daredevil, and one of the ‘discoverers’ of the corporal Hitler, was the central figure in the secret power struggles in the just established Hitler state. He demanded a ’second revolution’ and wanted to unite the million-man army of the SA and the Reichswehr under his leadership…
Release Date: 1967-06-29
Runtime: 75 minutes
Director: Günter Gräwert
Top Cast
- Hans Korte as Stabschef der SA Ernst Röhm
- Helmut Fischer as SA-Obergruppenführer August Schneidhuber
- Dieter Kirchlechner as SA-Obergruppenführer Edmund Heines
- Wilmut Borell as SA-Obergruppenführer Fritz von Kraußer
- Hans Zander as SA-Gruppenführer Karl Ernst
- Arthur Brauss as SA-Gruppenführer Gruber
- Kurd Pieritz as SS-Oberführer Theodor Eicke
- Friedrich G. Beckhaus as SS-Gruppenführer Sepp Dietrich
- Harry Hardt as Generalmajor Ferdinand von Bredow
- Fritz Straßner as General Kurt von Schleicher
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