Movie
Apt Pupil
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1998-10-23
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Bad Hat Harry Productions, Canal+ Droits Audiovisuels, Phoenix Pictures
- Country
- France, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Brad Renfro as Todd Bowden
- Ian McKellen as Kurt Dussander
- Bruce Davison as Richard Bowden
- Elias Koteas as Archie
- Joe Morton as Dan Richler
- David Schwimmer as Edward French
- Jan Tříska as Isaac Weiskopf
- Michael Byrne as Ben Kramer
- Ann Dowd as Monica Bowden
- Heather McComb as Becky Trask
- James Karen as Victor Bowden
- Joshua Jackson as Joey
Crew
- Bryan Singer - Director
- Brandon Boyce - Screenplay
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