Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985)

4.9/10 150 min TV Movie Drama War History

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.".

Cast

John Shea

Karl Hoffmann

Bill Nighy

Helmut Hoffmann

Lucy Gutteridge

Mitzi Templer

David Warner

Reinhard Heydrich

Warren Clarke

Becker (SS assistant to Dietrich)

Michael Elphick

Ernst Röhm

Stratford Johns

Uncle Walter

Robert Urquhart

Albrecht Hoffman

José Ferrer

Prof. Ludwig Rosenberg

Carroll Baker

Gerda Hoffman

Tony Randall

Putzi (The Comedian)

John Normington

Heinrich Himmler

Derek Newark

Theodor Eicke

Paul Brooke

Gen. Josef Biegler, SA

Colin Jeavons

Adolf Hitler

Struan Rodger

Theo Schmidt

John Benfield

Griesch

Nick Brimble

Gildisch

Maurice Colbourne

SS Officer

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