Kessler

Nitza Shaul

Mical Rak

Nicholas Young

Franz Hoss

Alison Glennie

Ingrid Dorf

Alan Dobie

Richard Bauer

Ralph Michael

Colonel Hans Ruckert

Seasons

Series 1

6 episodes

Premiered Nov 13, 1981

Episodes

1–6 of 6

Ep 1

Episode 1

Nov 13, 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.

Ep 2

Episode 2

Nov 20, 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.

Ep 3

Episode 3

Nov 27, 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.

Ep 4

Episode 4

Dec 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.

Ep 5

Episode 5

Dec 11, 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.

Ep 6

Episode 6

Dec 18, 1981