Apt Pupil

 

Ian McKellen, Brad Renfro, David Schwimmer, Joe Morton
TriStar Pictures; Directed by Bryan Singer
Rated R; 117 minutes; 1998

  
High school student Todd Bowden has uncovered a deadly secret—a Nazi war criminal, Kurt Dussander (Ian McKellen) is quietly living in Todd's hometown. Fascinated with the atrocities Dussander committed during the war, Todd blackmails him into revealing his evil past. The two begin a relationship that spirals out of control, producing terrifying results in this psychological thriller.

 

 "“An ambitious investigation into the nature of evil.”
 - David Ansen, NEWSWEEK

“A bone-chilling masterpiece.”
- Paul Wunder, WBAI RADIO

“Hitchcockian . . . ”
- Matthew F. Saunders, CINEFANTASTIQUE		  

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