Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil
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Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil

Year:
Duration:
Norway:150 min | USA:135 min
Genres:
Drama | War
IMDB rate:
6.7
Director:
Jim Goddard
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1985-02-17
Filming Locations: Germany
Cast
Actor
Character
John Shea
Karl Hoffmann
Bill Nighy
Helmut Hoffmann
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
Derek Newark
Theodor Eicke
Paul Brooke
Gen. Josef Biegler, SA
Colin Jeavons
Adolf Hitler
John Dicks
Lutze
Ivor Roberts
Rudolf Longner (union secretary)
Prentis Hancock
Karl Tessler
Struan Rodger
Theo Schmidt
Robert MacLeod
Hans Meisner (restaurant owner)
John Woodnutt
Pastor Sommers
Walter Sparrow
Klaus
Bernard Lloyd
Sepp Dietrich
Peter Craze
Keilbach
John Benfield
Griesch
James Coyle
Mueller
Forbes Collins
SA-Hauptscharfuhrer
Royston Tickner
Colonel #1
Shaun Curry
Colonel #2
Dave Atkins
Deserter sergeant
Steven Bronowski
Legless soldier
Peter Howell
Prison governor
Ray Armstrong
Police sergeant
Ruth Goring
Mrs. Langner
Harry Webster
Gypsy
Harry Jones
Drunk
Pam St. Clement
Barmaid (as Pamela St. Clement)
John Moore
Old waiter
Robert Demeger
Nightclub manager
Tricia Thorns
Louisa
Steve Dixon
Mechanic
Alec Linstead
Dr. Best
Peter Marquis
Hans Hoffmann (age 2)
Jodie Andrews
Hans Hoffmann (age 7)
Caspian Batorv
Hans Hoffmann (age 11-13)
Philip Croskin
SS officer
Maurice Colbourne
SS officer
Christopher Gray
SS officer
Ian Collier
Major
Terry Gurry
NCO
Chris Jenkinson
NCO
Cyril Appleton
Medical Officer
Charles Lawson
SS Man
Brian Grellis
Policeman
Roger Pope
Soldier
Jonathan Stratt
Soldier
Mark Crey
Soldier
Bruce Morrison
SA Driver
Tim Milsom
SA Driver
Jeff Hall
Big Man
Billy Gray
Juggler
Tessa Shaw
Frau Liebe
Vernon Midgley
Singer
Sean Barry-Weske
SS Sergeant (uncredited)
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Trivia
David Warner reprised his role of SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich, whom he previously portrayed in Holocaust (1978).
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Late in the film, 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 (Armed) SS as a 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.
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Hitler's portrait on the Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil (1985) cover/poster is taken from a March 1933 Reichstag election poster, the last one in which Germans had a choice. The poster shows President Paul von Hindenburg and Chancellor Adolf Hitler . The caption states "The Reich will never be destroyed if you are united and loyal: National Socialism."
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Goofs
Helmut is shown with the SS "Runes" tattooed on his right arm, and tells people every SS man got this. Actually, SS men were not tattooed with the "Runes", but were tattooed with their blood type on their left arm.
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In long shots of the Sturmabteilung headquarters, the first car from the left parked in front is a Mercedes-Benz built in the early 1950s.
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The character of SS-Captain Becker is shown in 1938 to be wearing the World War II Iron Cross Second Class. This decoration was not introduced in the German military until the end of 1939.
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Quotes
Putzi: [1939, in a bar full of Nazi's and German soldiers] We hoped you enjoyed our entertainment ladies and gentlemen, that's all we have for you tonight... oh... one thing I almost forgot, someone asked me a request. Would I sing the Polish national anthem... anyone know it? You know it? Well, no matter. It'll be obsolete by Christmas anyway, like the Jews.
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Karl Hoffmann: Just think if we were asked to observe a minute of silence for all the people we've slaughtered and all the people our friends in the SS have slaughtered. Why, we'd be spending the rest of our lives in total silence!
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Reinhard Heydrich: Tell me, Hoffmann, have you been doing anything reprehensible lately?
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Faq
Q
Hitler's image is taken from:
A
http://www.bytwerk.com/gpa/posters/1933ba.jpg
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Photos from cast
Nick Brimble Matyelok Gibbs Lucy Gutteridge
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