Movie · 1985
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
“Brother is pitted against brother under the shadow of the Third Reich.”
Released 17 February 1985 150 min TV Movie / Drama / War / History More from 1985 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
José Ferrer
as Prof. Ludwig Rosenberg
Tony Randall
as Putzi (The Comedian)
Robert Urquhart
as Albrecht Hoffman
Stratford Johns
as Uncle Walter
Colin Jeavons
as Adolf Hitler
Carroll Baker
as Gerda Hoffman
Derek Newark
as Theodor Eicke
John Normington
as Heinrich Himmler
David Warner
as Reinhard Heydrich
Paul Brooke
as Gen. Josef Biegler, SA
Michael Elphick
as Ernst Röhm
Warren Clarke
as Becker (SS assistant to Dietrich)
John Shea
as Karl Hoffmann
Bill Nighy
as Helmut Hoffmann
John Benfield
as Griesch
Lucy Gutteridge
as Mitzi Templer
James Coyle
as Mueller
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The numbers
45years between the oldest and youngest billed
73José Ferrer — oldest on the call sheet
28Lucy Gutteridge — youngest billed
47average age of the credited cast