Brother is pitted against brother under the shadow of the Third Reich.
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.".
John SheaKarl Hoffmann
Bill NighyHelmut Hoffmann
Lucy GutteridgeMitzi Templer
David WarnerReinhard Heydrich
Warren ClarkeBecker (SS assistant to Dietrich)
Michael ElphickErnst Röhm
Stratford JohnsUncle Walter
Robert UrquhartAlbrecht Hoffman
José FerrerProf. Ludwig Rosenberg
Carroll BakerGerda Hoffman
Tony RandallPutzi (The Comedian)
John NormingtonHeinrich Himmler
Derek NewarkTheodor Eicke
Paul BrookeGen. Josef Biegler, SA
Colin JeavonsAdolf Hitler
