Apt Pupil
1998 · ★ 6.5 · Dir. Bryan Singer
If you don't believe in the existence of evil, you've got a lot to learn
One day in 1984, Todd Bowden, a brilliant high school boy fascinated by the history of Nazism, stumbles across an old man whose appearance resembles that of Kurt Dussander, a wanted Nazi war criminal. A month later, Todd decides to knock on his door.
- Released
- 1998-10-23
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rated
- R
- Language
- EN
- Budget
- $14M
- Box office
- $8.9M
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Ian McKellen
Kurt Dussander
Brad Renfro
Todd Bowden
Bruce Davison
Richard Bowden
Elias Koteas
Archie
Joe Morton
Dan Richler
Jan Tříska
Isaac Weiskopf
Michael Byrne
Ben Kramer
Heather McComb
Becky Trask
Ann Dowd
Monica Bowden
Joshua Jackson
Joey
David Schwimmer
Edward French
Mickey Cottrell
Sociology Teacher
Keywords
Based on novel or book1980sHigh schoolSecret identityGayNazismTroubled teenGay themeSchool counselorNazi war criminal
