Season 1 • Episode 6
LatestKessler 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.
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.
Acting
Clifford Rose's chilling restraint as the same monster, different mask.
Writing
Gerard Glaister's surgical dismantling of postwar impunity.
Production
Seamless 1945-to-1980s visual transition.
Creator
Gerard Glaister
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Clifford Rose originated Kessler in SECRET ARMY (1977-79) and reportedly begged the writers not to redeem him.
The series aired as real Nazi hunters like Simon Wiesenthal were still tracking war criminals, blurring fiction with urgent contemporary justice.
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