The Grass Is Singing (1981)
1h 45m
Running Time
August 30, 1981Release Date
The Grass Is Singing (1981)
1h 45m
Running Time
August 30, 1981Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
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
Kennedy Mungomba
Fison
Martyn Hitchins
Harry
Wesley Kaonga
Dhlamini
Jesse Martin
Matron
Lenamari Wallström
Costume Design
Björn Isfält
Music
Beverly Lanyon
Costume Design
Doris Lessing
Novel
Lasse Dahlberg
Music
Darek Hodor
Sound
Mark Forstater
Producer
Disley Jones
Production Design
Julie Atkinson
Costume Design
Catharina Stackelberg
Associate Producer
Thomas Schwalm
Editor
Peter Young
Set Decoration
Lasse Summanen
Sound
Temba Tana
Music
Michael Raeburn
Director / Screenplay
Bille August
Director of Photography
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
marriage crisis
rural setting
africa
colonialism
rhodesia
Wiki.
Killing Heat (released in Sweden as Gräset sjunger) is a 1981 film based on Doris Lessing's 1950 novel The Grass Is Singing. It stars Karen Black and John Thaw and was filmed in Zambia and Sweden. The film was released in Zimbabwe as The Grass is Singing.
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