Der Röhm-Putsch

Der Röhm-Putsch

75 mins | Drama, Documentary, History, TV Movie | June 29, 1967

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…

Der Röhm-Putsch

75 mins | Drama, Documentary, History, TV Movie | June 29, 1967

Der Röhm-Putsch
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…
Producers Aurora Film und Fernsehproduktion
Original title Der Röhm-Putsch
Directors Günter Gräwert
Writers Inge Stolten, Axel Eggebrecht

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

Ulrich Beiger

as Generalmajor Walter von Reichenau

Alexander Hegarth

as Justizminister Dr. Hans Frank

Joachim Rake

as Reichswehrgeneral

Alexander Allerson

as Röhms Adjutant in Bolivien

Til Kiwe

as SA-Mann

Helmut Alimonta

as SA-Mann

Peter Brand

as Generalleutnant von Kleist