Der Röhm-Putsch

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…

Directed by Günter Gräwert

Top cast

Hans Korte

Stabschef der SA Ernst Röhm

Helmut Fischer

SA-Obergruppenführer August Schneidhuber

Dieter Kirchlechner

SA-Obergruppenführer Edmund Heines

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Wilmut Borell

SA-Obergruppenführer Fritz von Kraußer

H

Hans Zander

SA-Gruppenführer Karl Ernst

Arthur Brauss

SA-Gruppenführer Gruber

Kurd Pieritz

SS-Oberführer Theodor Eicke

Friedrich G. Beckhaus

SS-Gruppenführer Sepp Dietrich

Harry Hardt

Generalmajor Ferdinand von Bredow

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Fritz Straßner

General Kurt von Schleicher

Ulrich Beiger

Generalmajor Walter von Reichenau

Alexander Hegarth

Justizminister Dr. Hans Frank

Gustl Bayrhammer

Wirt

J

Joachim Rake

Reichswehrgeneral

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Alexander Allerson

Röhms Adjutant in Bolivien

Til Kiwe

SA-Mann

H

Helmut Alimonta

SA-Mann

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Peter Brand

Generalleutnant von Kleist

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Hannes Keppler

O

Otto Preuss

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