Movie

Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil

Released: February 17, 1985 (1985)

Runtime: 150 minutes

Genres: TV Movie, Drama, War, History

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.".

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

José Ferrer as Prof. Ludwig Rosenberg
Age at release: 73
Robert Urquhart as Albrecht Hoffman
Age at release: 63
Stratford Johns as Uncle Walter
Age at release: 59
Carroll Baker as Gerda Hoffman
Age at release: 53
David Warner as Reinhard Heydrich
Age at release: 43
Michael Elphick as Ernst Röhm
Age at release: 38
Warren Clarke as Becker (SS assistant to Dietrich)
Age at release: 37
John Shea as Karl Hoffmann
Age at release: 35
Bill Nighy as Helmut Hoffmann
Age at release: 35
Lucy Gutteridge as Mitzi Templer
Age at release: 28

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Peter Howell as Prison Governor
Age at release: 65
Tony Randall as Putzi (The Comedian)
Age at release: 64
John Woodnutt as Pastor Sommers
Age at release: 60
Walter Sparrow as Klaus
Age at release: 58
Colin Jeavons as Adolf Hitler
Age at release: 55
Cyril Appleton as Medical Officer
Age at release: 54
Derek Newark as Theodor Eicke
Age at release: 51
Bernard Lloyd as Sepp Dietrich
Age at release: 51
John Normington as Heinrich Himmler
Age at release: 48
Maurice Colbourne as SS Officer
Age at release: 45
Pam St. Clement as Barmaid
Age at release: 42
Prentis Hancock as Karl Tessler
Age at release: 42
Paul Brooke as Gen. Josef Biegler, SA
Age at release: 40
Nick Brimble as Gildisch
Age at release: 40
Struan Rodger as Theo Schmidt
Age at release: 38
Peter Craze as Keilbach
Age at release: 38
John Benfield as Griesch
Age at release: 33
Steve Dixon as Mechanic
Age at release: 29
James Coyle as Mueller
Age at release: Unknown
Alec Linstead as Dr. Best
Age at release: Unknown