Apt Pupil

Theatrical - Wide 1998-10-23

Cast Brad Renfro Ian McKellen Bruce Davison Elias Koteas Joe Morton
Directed by Bryan Singer
Written by Brandon Boyce

Box Office Gross: $8,863,193

Running Time: 107 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Bad Hat Harry Productions, Canal+ Droits Audiovisuels, Phoenix Pictures

Genres: Drama Thriller

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5/10

Synopsis

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... See more on his door.

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Review Date: Director: Bryan Singer Writer: Brandon Boyce Producers: Jane Hamsher, Don Murphy, Bryan Singer Actors: Ian McKellen Brad Renfro Plot: A teenager discovers one of his neighbors to be an ex-Nazi from the World War II death camps, and...

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