Der Röhm-Putsch
Der Röhm-Putsch
Release: 1967-06-29
·Runtime: 75m
History
TV Movie
Drama
Documentary
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…
Production Countries
Germany
Production Companies
Aurora Film und Fernsehproduktion
Cast
Uli Steigberg
Helmut Fischer
as SA-Obergruppenführer August Schneidhuber
Dieter Kirchlechner
as SA-Obergruppenführer Edmund Heines
Kurd Pieritz
as SS-Oberführer Theodor Eicke
Ulrich Beiger
as Generalmajor Walter von Reichenau
Paul Glawion
Alexander Hegarth
as Justizminister Dr. Hans Frank
Gustl Bayrhammer
as Wirt
Til Kiwe
as SA-Mann
Hans Korte
as Stabschef der SA Ernst Röhm
Arthur Brauss
as SA-Gruppenführer Gruber
Wilfried Klaus
Friedrich G. Beckhaus
as SS-Gruppenführer Sepp Dietrich
Harry Hardt
as Generalmajor Ferdinand von Bredow
