Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil

Overview

Cast & Crew

Production House

The Plot

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.".

Run Time

2h 30m

Genre

TV Movie, Drama, War, History

Release Date

17 Feb 1985

Country

United States of America

Language

English

Streaming On

Director & Producers

Jim Goddard
Director Aida Young
Producer

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

Carroll Baker
Gerda Hoffman

Tony Randall
Putzi (The Comedian)

John Normington
Heinrich Himmler

Technical Team

Lukas Heller
Writer John Shirley
Editor Ernest Vincze
Director of Photography Linda Seger
Script Consultant

Edgar J. Scherick Associates

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