Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
movie
Brother is pitted against brother under the shadow of the Third Reich.
Released February 17, 1985
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
as
Karl Hoffmann
Bill Nighy
as
Helmut Hoffmann
Lucy Gutteridge
as
Mitzi Templer
David Warner
as
Reinhard Heydrich
Warren Clarke
as
Becker (SS assistant to Dietrich)
Michael Elphick
as
Ernst Röhm
Stratford Johns
as
Uncle Walter
Robert Urquhart
as
Albrecht Hoffman
José Ferrer
as
Prof. Ludwig Rosenberg
Carroll Baker
as
Gerda Hoffman
Tony Randall
as
Putzi (The Comedian)
John Normington
as
Heinrich Himmler