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Oct 23, 1998 · Roger Ebert October 23, 1998. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. "Apt Pupil" uses the horrors of the Holocaust as an atmospheric backdrop to the more conventional horror devices of a Stephen King story. It's not a pretty sight.
Synopsis. In southern California in 1984, 16-year-old high school student Todd Bowden (Brad Renfro) discovers that his elderly neighbor, Arthur Denker (Ian McKellen), is really Kurt Dussander a former Nazi Obersturmbannführer who is now a fugitive war criminal.
Aug 27, 1982 · Apt Pupil. Released. August 27th, 1982. Available Format (s) In Collection / Paperback. A golden California schoolboy and an old man whose hideous past he uncovers enter into a fateful and chilling mutual parasitism. Available In. Name. Type. Date. Different Seasons. Story Collection. August 1982. Characters. Show List. Name. Description. Blondi.
Aug 27, 1982 · Stephen King. 3.92. 35,731 ratings1,728 reviews. Todd Bowden is an apt pupil. Good grades, good family, a paper route. But he is about to meet a different kind of teacher: Mr. Dussander. Todd knows all about Dussander's dark past. The torture. The death. The decades-old manhunt Dussander has escaped to this day.
Rated: 2.5/5 • Oct 19, 2023. Rated: A • Jul 23, 2007. A high-school student (Brad Renfro) forms an unhealthy relationship with a former Nazi death-camp officer (Ian McKellen).
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Oct 23, 1998 · Apt Pupil Productions. Distributor (s) Sony Pictures/Tristar. High school student, Todd Bowden (played by Brad Renfro), is fascinated by Nazi Germany. He discovers that a former SS war criminal, Kurt Dussander (played by Ian McKellen) is secretly living in his home town.
" Apt Pupil " is a novella written by Stephen King and published in his 1982 collection Different Seasons . The story was adapted into the 1998 film. Story. In 1974, Todd Bowden, a Los Angeles teenager, arrives at the doorstep of elderly German immigrant Arthur Denker, accusing him of being a wanted Nazi war criminal named Kurt Dussander.
