Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
Release: 1985-02-17
·Runtime: 150m
·★ 4.5
TV Movie
Drama
War
History
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.".
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Edgar J. Scherick Associates
Metromedia Producers Corporation
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
Derek Newark
as Theodor Eicke
Paul Brooke
as Gen. Josef Biegler, SA
Colin Jeavons
as Adolf Hitler
Struan Rodger
as Theo Schmidt
John Benfield
as Griesch
Nick Brimble
as Gildisch
Maurice Colbourne
as SS Officer
Pam St. Clement
as Barmaid
Bernard Lloyd
as Sepp Dietrich
Walter Sparrow
as Klaus
John Woodnutt
as Pastor Sommers
Prentis Hancock
as Karl Tessler
Peter Howell
as Prison Governor