The Wolves of Kromer
The Wolves of Kromer | |
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Directed by | Will Gould |
Produced by |
Clare Erasmus line producer Charles Lambert producer Stuart St. Paul executive producer |
Written by |
Charles Lambert Matthew Read |
Starring |
Boy George (narrator) James Layton Lee Williams Margaret Towner Rita Davies Rosemarie Dunham Kevin Moore David Prescott Angharad Rees Leila Lloyd-Evelyn Alastair Cumming |
Edited by | Carol Salter |
Distributed by | First Run Features |
Release dates |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
Language | English |
Budget | $14 million |
Box office | $524,864 |
The Wolves of Kromer is a 1998 gay-themed, allegorical dark fantasy film based on a play of the same name by Charles Lambert.
The story has two interacting plot lines, both taking place in the fictional English village of Kromer. The main plot is a love story between two young men. The more experienced Gabriel (James Layton) guides the more innocent and idealistic Seth (Lee Williams) as the younger man comes to terms with his "wolf" nature. The two try to find a life together as outcasts from the village (for being wolves) and not fitting in with the hedonistic young wolves of the pack (as a committed couple). In the second plotline, an elderly woman's servants murder her for her money and blame it on the wolves, leading to anti-wolf hysteria led by the hypocritical local priest.
The film debuted at the San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival in 1998 but was released in theaters in December 2000.
Cast
- Boy George as the narrator
- James Layton as Gabriel
- Lee Williams as Seth
- Margaret Towner as Doreen
- Rita Davies as Fanny
- Rosemarie Dunham as Mrs Drax
- Kevin Moore as the Priest
- David Prescott as Mark
- Angharad Rees as Mary
- Leila Lloyd-Evelyn as Polly
- Alastair Cumming as Michael
External links
- The Wolves of Kromer at the Internet Movie Database
- The Wolves of Kromer at AllMovie
- The Wolves of Kromer at Rotten Tomatoes