Der Röhm-Putsch

The story

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 & crew

Hans KorteStabschef der SA Ernst Röhm

Helmut FischerSA-Obergruppenführer August Schneidhuber

Dieter KirchlechnerSA-Obergruppenführer Edmund Heines

Wilmut Borell

Wilmut BorellSA-Obergruppenführer Fritz von Kraußer

Hans Zander

Hans ZanderSA-Gruppenführer Karl Ernst

Arthur BraussSA-Gruppenführer Gruber

Kurd PieritzSS-Oberführer Theodor Eicke

Friedrich G. BeckhausSS-Gruppenführer Sepp Dietrich

Harry HardtGeneralmajor Ferdinand von Bredow

Fritz Straßner

Fritz StraßnerGeneral Kurt von Schleicher

Ulrich BeigerGeneralmajor Walter von Reichenau

Alexander HegarthJustizminister Dr. Hans Frank