Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil
“Brother is pitted against brother under the shadow of the Third Reich.”
Synopsis
The two-part TV movie *Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil* focuses on two Berlin brothers to illustrate the nature of evil. 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."
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Principal cast & crew: 18
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Edited by John ShirleyShot by Ernest VinczeScored by Richard HartleyDesigned by Eileen Diss
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18 unique people credited
Top billed cast
John Shea
as Karl Hoffmann
Bill Nighy
as Helmut Hoffmann
Lucy Gutteridge
as Mitzi Templer (nightclub singer)
David Warner
as Reinhard Heydrich
Warren Clarke
as Becker (SS assistant to Dietrich)
Michael Elphick
as Ernst Röhm (SA Chief)
Stratford Johns
as Uncle Walter (bartender)
Robert Urquhart
as Albrecht Hoffman
Jose Ferrer
as Prof. Ludwig Rosenberg
Carroll Baker
as Gerda Hoffman
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