Der Röhm-Putsch

June. 29,1967      
Rating:
8.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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…

Hans Korte as  Stabschef der SA Ernst Röhm
Helmut Fischer as  SA-Obergruppenführer August Schneidhuber
Dieter Kirchlechner as  SA-Obergruppenführer Edmund Heines
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
Ulrich Beiger as  Generalmajor Walter von Reichenau
Gustl Bayrhammer as  Wirt
Til Kiwe as  SA-Mann