The story of Helmut and Karl Hoffmann. Both come of age at the start of Hitler's power in Germany. Helmut joins the SS and eventually becomes a successful flag rank officer. Karl joins the ...
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| John Shea | ... | Karl Hoffmann | |
| Bill Nighy | ... | Helmut Hoffmann | |
| Lucy Gutteridge | ... | Mitzi Templer (nightclub singer) | |
| David Warner | ... | Reinhard Heydrich | |
| Warren Clarke | ... | Becker (SS assistant to Dietrich) | |
| Michael Elphick | ... | Ernst Röhm (SA Chief) | |
| Stratford Johns | ... | Uncle Walter (bartender) | |
| Robert Urquhart | ... | Albrecht Hoffman | |
| José Ferrer | ... | Prof. Ludwig Rosenberg | |
| Carroll Baker | ... | Gerda Hoffman | |
| Tony Randall | ... | Putzi (The Comedian) | |
| John Normington | ... | Heinrich Himmler | |
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Derek Newark | ... | Theodor Eicke |
| Paul Brooke | ... | Gen. Josef Biegler, SA | |
| Colin Jeavons | ... | Adolf Hitler | |
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The story of Helmut and Karl Hoffmann. Both come of age at the start of Hitler's power in Germany. Helmut joins the SS and eventually becomes a successful flag rank officer. Karl joins the SA and experiences the darker side of Nazism after the SA is disbanded and Karl is thrown into prison and later conscripted into the German army. Brother is pitted against brother until their relationship, and the Third Reich, stands in ruins Written by Anthony Hughes <husnock31@hotmail.com>
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17 February 1985 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Hitler SS: El retrato del mal See more »Company Credits
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Uncle Walter: That's right, I can. And we didn't have songs to honor pimps then, either.
Karl Hoffmann: The "Horst Wessel"? What are you talking about, Horst Wessel was killed in a fight with the Communists back in '30.
Uncle Walter: I don't care if he was killed by a troupe of performing monkeys. He was still a pimp then, all the same!
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When Reinhard Heydrich leaves Berlin to take up a new posting as Nazi Governor of Bohemia and Moravia (Czechoslovakia), a scene follows where Helmut Hoffmann is told "You'd better hope Himmler has a job for you, or you'll find yourself fighting Russians." This is in reference to the practice of the SS where General-SS members, without active assignments, would transfer to the Waffen-SS as military reservists. Interestingly, in the subsequent scene set a year later after Heydrich's assassination, Helmut is shown wearing a Waffen-SS tunic complete with combat and service awards from the Eastern Front, thus implying that he *did* find himself fighting Russians. See more »Goofs
On the train to murder the SA leadership, a scene shows several enlisted SS members wearing officer uniforms with enlisted insignia. See more »Quotes
Karl Hoffmann: You can probably remember when Bismark was Chancellor!Uncle Walter: That's right, I can. And we didn't have songs to honor pimps then, either.
Karl Hoffmann: The "Horst Wessel"? What are you talking about, Horst Wessel was killed in a fight with the Communists back in '30.
Uncle Walter: I don't care if he was killed by a troupe of performing monkeys. He was still a pimp then, all the same!
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This film follows two German brothers through the history of Nazi Germany from 1931 to 1945. The film seemed pretty much to be historically accurate although there are a few points, which are arguable. What is different about this war movie is that you watch the rise to power of the Third Reich, the war, and the interaction of ordinary people from the perspective of two German brothers who take different paths in life. It's a very interesting and thought provoking movie that keeps your attention throughout. My only problem with this movie is that it touches on so many issues I wish the movie could have been longer so they could have gone into them more in depth. This movie is more about the lives and relationships of people and does not show as many fighting and battle scenes as most war movies would. If you like a lot of military action, this may not be for you although the movie does have some of this. Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil is an excellent movie, under rated and for those interested in the history of World War II, is a must see movie.