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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.
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- E1 Episode 1Next upNov 13, 1981 · 50 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Jerome Willis (Hugo Van Eyck), Royston Tickner (Maurer), Bernard Hepton (Albert Foiret), Angela Richards (Monique Durnford), Juliet Hammond-Hill (Natalie Chantrens), Ishia Bennison (Ruth Lieberman), Hugh Sullivan (Leitgeber), John Dearth (Graun)
- E2 Episode 2Nov 20, 1981 · 50 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Jerome Willis (Hugo Van Eyck), Nigel Lambert (Otto Dehmel), Jeremy Wilkin (Gidney), John Rolfe (Inspector), Robert Morris (Karl Leider), Harold Innocent (Deakin), Reg Woods (Agent)
- E3 Episode 3Nov 27, 1981 · 50 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Royston Tickner (Maurer), Jeremy Wilkin (Gidney), Robert Morris (Karl Leider), Harold Innocent (Deakin), Anthony Gardner (Smithson), Sheila Dunn (Frau Gehart), Reg Woods (Agent)
- E4 Episode 4Dec 4, 1981 · 50 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Oscar Quitak (Josef Mengele), Guy Rolfe (Yqueras), John Moreno (Jose Garriga), Richard Wren (Vinding), Richard Rees (Brazilian), Lionel Guyett (Chilean)
- E5 Episode 5Dec 11, 1981 · 50 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Oscar Quitak (Josef Mengele), Guy Rolfe (Yqueras), John Moreno (Jose Garriga), Richard Addison (Heinrich Himmler), Jim Byars (Krebs), Alan Breck (Rankl), Peter Berry (Radio Operator), Alexander Bullion (Young Kessler)
- E6 Episode 6Dec 18, 1981 · 50 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Gareth Milne (Muller), Guy Rolfe (Yqueras), John Moreno (Jose Garriga), Jim Byars (Krebs)
Cast & crew
Created by Gerard Glaister
Clifford Rose
Nitza Shaul
Nicholas Young
Alison Glennie
Alan Dobie
Ralph MichaelImages · 2
