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Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
“Brother is pitted against brother under the shadow of the Third Reich.”
4.9 / 10• 1985• 2h 30m•NR• English
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Storyline
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 & Crew
John Shea
Karl Hoffmann
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jim Goddard's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
