Kessler (1981)★ 6.7/10
- Drama
- Thriller
Directed by: Michael E. Briant, Tristan de Vere Cole
Written by: John Brason, Gerard Glaister
After WWII, ex-Gestapo officer Kessler flees as a war criminal, escaping with wealth to Paraguay to start anew as a businessman. He dreams of fascism's return while former Lifeline members hunt him.
- Original title
- Kessler
- Storyline
- In the years after World War II, the tables have turned: ambitious, cruel Gestapo-officer Ludwig Kessler, the most implacable hunter of every opponent to the Third Reich, can no longer deny its rule is militarily annihilated by the Allies. He must now flee himself as he is a war criminal accused of the torture and execution of numerous victims. He manages to get away with a fortune and starts a new life as a businessman, still hoping for another rise of the master race to power, in which his part should be even more prominent, from a (neo-)fascist colony in Paraguay. Meanwhile, Albert Foiret and some of his former Lifeline colleagues play a part in the hunt for the former master-hunter.
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 347
- Companies
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), BBC One, Talking Pictures TV
- Release dates
- GB November 13, 1981
- BE April 4, 1982
- IE February 6, 1983
- SE July 28, 1983
- NL August 25, 1983