1h 45m1981
The Grass Is Singing
“A marriage, a murder, a country without mercy”
Drama
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In Southern Rhodesia in the 1940s, city-dweller Mary marries farmer Dick Turner and is plucked from the comforts of her cosmopolitan life and forced to live on his unsuccessful farm. Mary slowly goes insane and has a sexual affair with her black servant, Moses. When the affair is discovered, Mary asks Moses to leave the farm, but he returns and murders her.
- Director
- Michael Raeburn
- Writers
- Michael Raeburn, Doris Lessing
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, Sweden, Zambia
- Release date
- 30 August 1981
Ensemble
Cast
Karen Black
Mary Turner
John Thaw
Dick Turner
John Kani
Moses
Patrick Mynhardt
Charlie Muller
John Moulder-Brown
Tony Marston
Margaret Heale
Ellen Muller
Björn Gedda
Sgt. Denham
Jan Nygren
Doctor
Vincent Mijoni
Boss' Boy
Ivy Miyanda
Moses' Wife
Reg Cornish
Mary's Boss
Gailos Shiyamba
Samson
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