Apt Pupil
1998
If you don't believe in the existence of evil, you've got a lot to learn
Directed by Bryan Singer
User Rating
Intensity
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.
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- Director
- Bryan Singer
- Written by
- Stephen King, Brandon Boyce
- Produced by
- Bryan Singer, Don Murphy, Jane Hamsher
- Composer
- John Ottman
- Cinematographer
- Newton Thomas Sigel
- Editors
- John Ottman, Peter S. Elliot
- Origin countries
- Canada, France, United States
- Production countries
- France, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- R
- TMDB
- 6.5/10 (752 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 54% Rotten
- Metacritic
- 53/100
- IMDb
- 6.7/10 (43,869 votes)
Awards
- WonSaturn Award— Best Horror Film(1999)
- NominatedFangoria Chainsaw Award— Best Wide Release Film(1999)
Cast
Brad Renfro
Todd Bowden
Ian McKellen
Kurt Dussander
Bruce Davison
Richard Bowden
Elias Koteas
Archie
Joe Morton
Dan Richler
David Schwimmer
Edward French
Jan Tříska
Isaac Weiskopf
Michael Byrne
Ben Kramer
Ann Dowd
Monica Bowden
Heather McComb
Becky Trask
James Karen
Victor Bowden
Joshua Jackson
Joey
Mickey Cottrell
Sociology Teacher
Michael Reid MacKay
Nightmare Victim
Marjorie Lovett
Agnes Bowden
David Cooley
Gym Teacher
Blake Anthony Tibbetts
Teammate
Katherine Malone
Student
Crew
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