Release Date

29 Jun, 1967

Runtime

01:15: (HH:MM)

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…

Original Title

Der Röhm-Putsch

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Actors

Hans Korte

Helmut Fischer

Dieter Kirchlechner

Wilmut Borell

Hans Zander

Arthur Brauss

Kurd Pieritz

Friedrich G. Beckhaus

Harry Hardt

Fritz Straßner

Ulrich Beiger

Alexander Hegarth

Gustl Bayrhammer

Joachim Rake

Alexander Allerson

Til Kiwe

Helmut Alimonta

Peter Brand

Hannes Keppler

Otto Preuss

Paul Glawion

Crew