Der Röhm-Putsch
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75 minutes
6/29/1967
Overview
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…
Cast List
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
Gustl Bayrhammer
as Wirt
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
Hannes Keppler
Otto Preuss
Paul Glawion
Barbara Rath
Barbara Gallauner
Uli Steigberg
Hans-Dieter Asner
Wilfried Klaus
Kurt Klopsch
Willy Schultes