Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985)

  • NR
  • 02/17/1985 (US)
  • TV Movie, Drama, War, History
  • 2h 30m

Brother is pitted against brother under the shadow of the Third Reich.

Overview

The two-part TV movie Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil crystallizes that evil by concentrating on two Berlin brothers. In 1931, Helmut Hoffman a brilliant student and self-styled opportunist, joins Hitler's SS. At the same time, his younger brother Karl, a top athlete and idealist, becomes a chauffeur for the "S.A.".

Jim Goddard

Director

Lukas Heller

Writer

Cast

John Shea's headshot

John Shea

Karl Hoffmann
Bill Nighy's headshot

Bill Nighy

Helmut Hoffmann
Lucy Gutteridge's headshot

Lucy Gutteridge

Mitzi Templer
David Warner's headshot

David Warner

Reinhard Heydrich
Warren Clarke's headshot

Warren Clarke

Becker (SS assistant to Dietrich)
Michael Elphick's headshot

Michael Elphick

Ernst Röhm
Stratford Johns's headshot

Stratford Johns

Uncle Walter
Robert Urquhart's headshot

Robert Urquhart

Albrecht Hoffman

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