Der Röhm-Putsch
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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…
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Cast
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Hans Korte
Stabschef der SA Ernst Röhm
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Helmut Fischer
SA-Obergruppenführer August Schneidhuber
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Günter Gräwert
Axel Eggebrecht
Dieter Kirchlechner
SA-Obergruppenführer Edmund Heines
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Inge Stolten
Wilmut Borell
SA-Obergruppenführer Fritz von Kraußer
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Hans Zander
SA-Gruppenführer Karl Ernst
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Arthur Brauss
SA-Gruppenführer Gruber
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Kurd Pieritz
SS-Oberführer Theodor Eicke
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Friedrich G. Beckhaus
SS-Gruppenführer Sepp Dietrich
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Günter Gräwert Director · Axel Eggebrecht Writer Inge Stolten Writer
First release June 29, 1967 · Produced in Germany
Production
Aurora Film und Fernsehproduktion
Production
Germany
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · June 29, 1967
TV
No release date listed for United States.
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