Der Röhm-Putsch

Synopsis

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…

Main Cast

Hans Korte

Stabschef der SA Ernst Röhm

Age : N/A | Popularity : 12%

Helmut Fischer

SA-Obergruppenführer August Schneidhuber

Age : N/A | Popularity : 39%

Dieter Kirchlechner

SA-Obergruppenführer Edmund Heines

Age : 92 | Popularity : 15%

Wilmut Borell

SA-Obergruppenführer Fritz von Kraußer

Age : N/A | Popularity : 21%

Hans Zander

SA-Gruppenführer Karl Ernst

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Arthur Brauss

SA-Gruppenführer Gruber

Age : 88 | Popularity : 31%

Kurd Pieritz

SS-Oberführer Theodor Eicke

Age : N/A | Popularity : 16%

Friedrich G. Beckhaus

SS-Gruppenführer Sepp Dietrich

Age : N/A | Popularity : 6%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Günter Gräwert
Writing	Writer	Axel Eggebrecht Inge Stolten
Camera	Director of Photography	Hans Kühle Sr.
Editing	Editor	Karl Aulitzky
Department	Role	Name

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