Apt Pupil is a 1998 American thriller film directed by Bryan Singer and starring Ian McKellen and Brad Renfro. It is based on the 1982 novella of the same name by Stephen King. In the 1980s in southern California, high school student Todd Bowden (Renfro) discovers fugitive Nazi war criminal Kurt Dussander (McKellen) living in his neighborhood under the pseudonym Arthur Denker. Bowden, obsessed with Nazism and acts of the Holocaust, persuades Dussander to share his stories, and their relationship stirs malice in each of them.
Apt Pupil (1998)
Directed by Bryan Singer
Genres - Crime, Drama, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Coming-Of-Age Fiction, Psychological Thriller Film |
Release Date - Oct 23, 1998 |
Run Time - 111 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - R
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Budget
$14,000,000
Box Office
$8,863,193
Themes
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1980s, Blackmail, Collection: Stephen King, Coming Of Age/Teen, Film Based On Literature, Holocaust, Literary, Murder, Nazi, Nazism, Shawshank Redemption, Todd
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Based On: Apt Pupil
Filming Location: California
Narrative Location: California
Subject: The Holocaust, World War II
Filming Location: California
Narrative Location: California
Subject: The Holocaust, World War II
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Sommardåd
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Uczeń szatana
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Un élève doué
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Un élève doué - été de corruption
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Verano de corrupción
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Μαθήματα φόβου
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एप्ट प्यूपिल
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誰在跟我玩遊戲
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