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Kurt Dussander (1898-1978) is the main antagonist from Apt Pupil. Dussander was born in Germany in 1898 and joined the Schutzstaffel (SS) in the 1930s, receiving an officer's commission. During the war he was one of the many members of the SS tasked with carrying out the "Final Solution," the elimination of Jews and all other enemies of the Nazi state. Before, during, or sometime after the ...
Driven by curiosity, Todd studies by his own. On the bus, he notices an elderly man who looks like a SS officer he has seen in a photo. He discovers the man is Kurt Dussander, a Nazi criminal who has immigrated in the US illegally and is living under the name of Arthur Denker. Todd introduces himself and tells him he knows his true identity.
Kurt Dussander is the main antagonist in the Stephen King novel Apt Pupil as well as the 1998 film adaptation of the same name. He is portrayed by Sir Ian McKellen, who also portrayed Magneto in the X-Men films, Sir Leigh Teabing in The Da Vinci Code, Horatio P. Huntington in Animal Crackers, The Toad in Flushed Away, Roy Courtnay in The Good Liar, and the title character in the 1995 film ...
Much like a game of cards, the action moves back and forth between characters, each trying to take control of one another. While Kurt Dussander (McKellen) wants to keep his past in the past, Todd Bowden (Renfro) keeps probing (and sometimes threatening) to unleash the stories of the reign of Hitler and the torture of the Jews.
Aug 27, 1982 · A 13-year-old boy who discovers that the true identity of an old man who lives in his area by the name of Arthur Denker is the Nazi war criminal Kurt Dussander. Banker who did some stock portfolio work for Arthur Denker. German war criminal a/k/a The "Blood Fiend of Patin".
"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. 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. Todd has spent a few months prior to confronting Dussander ...
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Dussander falsely claims that Todd's grades are the result of problems at home, and promises to make sure his grades improve; French notices Todd's "grandfather" does not mention him by name. Knowing that Todd has been doctoring his report cards and knowingly socialized with a war criminal, Dussander blackmails him into spending his visits studying.
