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…

Cast

Hans Korte Stabschef der SA Ernst Röhm Helmut Fischer SA-Obergruppenführer August Schneidhuber Dieter Kirchlechner SA-Obergruppenführer Edmund Heines Wilmut Borell SA-Obergruppenführer Fritz von Kraußer 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 Fritz Straßner General Kurt von Schleicher Ulrich Beiger Generalmajor Walter von Reichenau Alexander Hegarth Justizminister Dr. Hans Frank

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