Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985)

02/17/1985 (US) • 2h 30m

TV Movie, Drama, War, History

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.".

Top Billed 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


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

ss (nazi schutzstaffel)

nazism

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