Apt Pupil (1998)

10/23/1998 (FR) • 1h 47m

Drama, Thriller

If you don't believe in the existence of evil, you've got a lot to learn

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Brad Renfro

Todd Bowden

Ian McKellen

Kurt Dussander

Bruce Davison

Richard Bowden

Joe Morton

Dan Richler

Jan Tříska

Isaac Weiskopf

Michael Byrne

Ben Kramer

Heather McComb

Becky Trask

Ann Dowd

Monica Bowden


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$14,000,000.00

Revenue

$8,863,193.00

Keywords

high school

based on novel or book

secret identity

troubled teen

nazism

1980s

school counselor

nazi war criminal

gay theme

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