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Kessler

Kessler

★ 7.0/10•1981•50m•Drama
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Drama series about the attempts to unmask Ludwig Kessler, the fictional head of the Gestapo in Belgium from the series SECRET ARMY, who escaped punishment, changed his name to Manfred Dorf, and became a successful businessman.

StatusEnded
Runtime50m
LanguageEN
First Air DateNov 13, 1981

Episodes

E150m

Episode 1

In 1975, four people arrive in Brussels to hold a meeting. They are following leads on the whereabouts of the former SS officer Ludwig Kessler, and their aim is to find him and unmask him as a war criminal.

Nov 13, 1981

E250m

Episode 2

Kessler is living in Germany under the name of Manfred Dorf, and he has a wife and children there who know nothing about his old life and identity. But the hunt is closing on Kessler, and when he discovers someone is after him he prepares to flee Germany. First he needs to get hold of something he can’t leave without.

Nov 20, 1981

E350m

Episode 3

Kessler begins to plan another new life for himself, and he arrives first in England. Even there, the surviving Nazis have interests and tentacles, but they do not look on it as a safe haven. Kessler needs something more permanent.

Nov 27, 1981

E450m

Episode 4

As Kessler heads for South America, we see him planning his movements, but not what is in his mind. Kessler is clearly very anxious to meet Martin Bormann again.

Dec 4, 1981

E550m

Episode 5

The surviving Nazi leaders have money and influence - and Kessler is becoming more of a liability than an asset to them. The last thing they want is another affair on the lines of Eichmann - so they go to ground, even for their old colleague.

Dec 11, 1981

E650m

Episode 6

Kessler is outraged by the way his old Nazi comrades have treated him - they evidently look on him as disposable, and the old S.S. man is on his own. He sees that he has the knowledge to create havoc by changing sides.

Dec 18, 1981

Actors

Clifford Rose

Clifford Rose

Ludwig Kessler

Nitza Shaul

Nitza Shaul

Mical Rak

Nicholas Young

Nicholas Young

Franz Hoss

Alison Glennie

Alison Glennie

Ingrid Dorf

Alan Dobie

Alan Dobie

Richard Bauer

Ralph Michael

Ralph Michael

Colonel Hans Ruckert

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