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Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil

Brother is pitted against brother under the shadow of the Third Reich.
Feb 17, 1985 · 2h 30m
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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.".

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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
Directed by Jim Goddard

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
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Production
Edgar J. Scherick Associates, Metromedia Producers Corporation
Country
US

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