Jim Goddard directs this made-for-TV war drama about Hitler's regime, concentrating on the relationship of two brothers from Berlin. Helmut(Bill Nighy)is an ambitious, intelligent young man and a self-styled opportunist joining Hitler's SS in 1931. Younger brother Karl(John Shea)is a fine athlete and idealist with opposite political views than his brother; he more or less is forced into service as a chauffeur in the Reich's Storm Troopers. The story line moves from the rise of Nazism to the fall of Hitler's heavy-handed Third Reich. During the course of the brother's war involvement both fall in love with a beautiful chanteuse(Lucy Gutteridge). The brothers will anguish their misdeeds when realizing their parents are killed in an air raid and at that their 13 year old brother has himself ran away to join in the collapsing war effort.
Also featured in the cast: Jose Ferrer, David Warner, Carroll Baker, Warren Clarke, John Dicks, Paul Brooke, Michael Elphick, John Normington, Tony Randall and Colin Jeavons as Hitler.
Also featured in the cast: Jose Ferrer, David Warner, Carroll Baker, Warren Clarke, John Dicks, Paul Brooke, Michael Elphick, John Normington, Tony Randall and Colin Jeavons as Hitler.