Apt Pupil

Name: Apt Pupil
Director: Bryan Singer
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: October 23, 1998
Duration: 1 h 47 min
Cast: Ann Dowd, Anthony Moore, Blake Anthony Tibbetts, Brad Renfro, Bruce Davison

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Apt Pupil

1998 R 1h 47m

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.

Release Date

October 23, 1998

Director

Bryan Singer

Writer

Brandon Boyce, Stephen King

Stars

Brad Renfro, Ian McKellen, Bruce Davison, Elias Koteas, Joe Morton, Jan Tříska, Michael Byrne, Heather McComb, Ann Dowd, Joshua Jackson, David Schwimmer, Mickey Cottrell, Michael Reid MacKay, James Karen, Marjorie Lovett, David Cooley, Blake Anthony Tibbetts, Katherine Malone, Grace Sinden, Anthony Moore, Kevin Spirtas, Danna Dennis, Michael Artura, Donna Marie Brown, Mark Flythe, Warren Wilson, Jill Harris, Norbert D. Singer, Mildred Singer, Mary Ottman

Producer

Don Murphy, Bryan Singer, Jane Hamsher

Cinematography

Newton Thomas Sigel

Music

John Ottman

Genre

Drama, Thriller

Country

France, United States of America

Language

English, German

Budget

$14,000,000

External Links

IMDb | TMDB

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