Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985)
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 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