Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985)

Brother is pitted against brother under the shadow of the Third Reich.

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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.".

Top 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