Released:
1967-06-29

Overview:
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…

Director:
Günter Gräwert

Runtime:
1h 15min

Genre:
History, TV Movie, Drama, Documentary

• Cast:
• 
  Hans Korte
  as
  Stabschef der SA Ernst Röhm
• 
  Helmut Fischer
  as
  SA-Obergruppenführer August Schneidhuber
• 
  Dieter Kirchlechner
  as
  SA-Obergruppenführer Edmund Heines
• 
  Wilmut Borell
  as
  SA-Obergruppenführer Fritz von Kraußer
• 
  Hans Zander
  as
  SA-Gruppenführer Karl Ernst