A Belgian journalist sets the wheels in motion, in a bid to hunt down former Nazi officer, Ludwig Kessler, who's now living a successful new life, with a new name.
It's definitely an interesting storyline, a group of fanatics still desperate to see Hitler's plans put into action, a network exposed.
The chances are you'll have come here from The Secret Army, hoping for an extension of that great series, and a continuation of that same quality, unfortunately Kessler doesn't quite hit those levels.
It's a bit of a clunky production, it doesn't move at pace, it doesn't really spark into life until later on in the series, the first trio of episodes are actually slow moving.
Initially you'll wonder if the budget was quite small, but it soon becomes apparent that it was used for the location work, and it's fair to say there is a great variety, it never feels studio bound.
The acting, for me this was the stumbling block, Clifford Rose was pretty good as the titled character, I found his character quite well rounded and sincere, the supporting cast however, some of the acting was flat, with blank characters, I never felt like I understood why Rak and Bauer were so heavily involved.
I've tried a few times to watch it, but always quit after episode two or three, I'm glad I persisted this time, as it does improve towards the end, sadly the first half of the series is just so dull.
6/10.
It's definitely an interesting storyline, a group of fanatics still desperate to see Hitler's plans put into action, a network exposed.
The chances are you'll have come here from The Secret Army, hoping for an extension of that great series, and a continuation of that same quality, unfortunately Kessler doesn't quite hit those levels.
It's a bit of a clunky production, it doesn't move at pace, it doesn't really spark into life until later on in the series, the first trio of episodes are actually slow moving.
Initially you'll wonder if the budget was quite small, but it soon becomes apparent that it was used for the location work, and it's fair to say there is a great variety, it never feels studio bound.
The acting, for me this was the stumbling block, Clifford Rose was pretty good as the titled character, I found his character quite well rounded and sincere, the supporting cast however, some of the acting was flat, with blank characters, I never felt like I understood why Rak and Bauer were so heavily involved.
I've tried a few times to watch it, but always quit after episode two or three, I'm glad I persisted this time, as it does improve towards the end, sadly the first half of the series is just so dull.
6/10.