Kessler 1
1981-11-13 | Drama | 6 episodes1 Season
Episode
Episode 1 (1981)
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.
Directed By
- Michael E. Briant
Writer
- John Brason
Episode 2 (1981)
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.
Directed By
- Michael E. Briant
Writer
- John Brason
Episode 3 (1981)
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.
Directed By
- Michael E. Briant
Episode 4 (1981)
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.
Directed By
- Tristan de Vere Cole
Writer
- John Brason
Episode 5 (1981)
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.
Directed By
- Tristan de Vere Cole
Writer
- John Brason
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