HITLERS SS - PORTRAIT IN EVIL

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• Release Year: 1985
• Genre: Drama, War
• Plot: Murder and savagery are part of the brutal workings of Adolf Hitler's dreaded SS as revealed through the lives of brothers Karl and Helmut Hoffman. SS officer Helmut is assigned the task of picking out 'casualties' from Jewish concentration camp inmates. Their corpses will be dressed in Polish uniforms to help provoke the Nazi invasion of Poland and the outbreak of World War II. At a family dinner Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman relate their shock about an old neighbor who was dragged off in the middle of the night. Helmut rages,'One silly old man! If you had any idea of what they are doing to tens of thousands of people!' Meanwhile, Karl's outspoken political views get him shipped off to the Russian front to fight at Stalingrad, where his entire company is decimated. As the Reich deteriorates, the entire Hoffman family will be dragged down into a spiral of death, tragedy and retribution.; ; Hitler's SS features an all-star supporting cast including Academy Award winner Jose Ferrer, Carroll Baker, Tony Randall and distinguished character actor David Warner.
• Cast: John Shea, Bill Nighy, Lucy Gutteridge, David Warner, Warren Clarke, Michael Elphick, Stratford Johns, Robert Urquhart, José Ferrer, Carroll Baker, Tony Randall, John Normington, Derek Newark, Paul Brooke, Colin Jeavons, John Dicks, Ivor Roberts, Prentis Hancock, Struan Rodger, Robert MacLeod, John Woodnutt, Walter Sparrow, Bernard Lloyd, Peter Craze, John Benfield, James Coyle, Forbes Collins, Royston Tickner, Shaun Curry, Dave Atkins, Steven Bronowski, Peter Howell, Ray Armstrong, Ruth Goring, Matyelok Gibbs, Harry Webster, Harry Jones, Pam St. Clement, John Moore, Robert Demeger, Tricia Thorns, Steve Dixon, Nick Brimble, Alec Linstead, Peter Marquis, Jodie Andrews, Caspian Batorv, Philip Croskin, Maurice Colbourne, Christopher Gray, Ian Collier, Terry Gurry, Chris Jenkinson, Cyril Appleton, Charles Lawson, Brian Grellis, Roger Pope, Jonathan Stratt, Mark Crey, Bruce Morrison, Tim Milsom, Jeff Hall, Billy Gray, Tessa Shaw, Vernon Midgley, Sean Barry-Weske, Lucien Morgan, Jim Goddard, Lukas Heller
• Director: Jim Goddard
• Runtime: 2:23
• Company: Alpha Home Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie