Film

A Swarm in May

1983 · 1h 17m · Drama

IMDb

6.4

John Owen returns to the Choir School at the start of term to find that he is the youngest Singing Boy in the school. This means he must also be Beekeeper - a traditional role. One of the traditional duties of the Beekeeper is to sing a solo in the Cathedral. Owen hates and dreads the prospect, so he persuades the smallest boy in the school, Iddingley, to take his place. Then, while exploring one of the Cathedral towers without permission, Owen finds something which makes him change his mind, and solves a mystery which has been baffling people for hundreds of years...

Frank Middlemass

Dr. Sunderland

Oliver Hicks

John Owen

Jack May

Mr. Ardent - the Headmaster

Milo Twomey

Trevitihic

Rory Macfarquhar

Iddingley

Peter Cosmetatos

Madington

James Mills

Dubnet

Petra Davies

Mrs. Owen

Hugh Hastings

Turle

Charles Lewsen

Mr. Sutton

Douglas Storm

Bishop

Oswin Baker

Michael Hobbs

• Colin FinbowDirector · Writer
• William MayneWriter · Novel
• Brianne PerkinsProducer
• Andrew FleuryDirector of Photography

Release date

December 26, 1983

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 17m

Rated

U

Genres

Drama