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The Grass Is Singing
1981
A marriage, a murder, a country without mercy
- Michael Raeburn
- 1h 45m
- August 30, 1981 · Sweden, United Kingdom, Zambia
Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 30, 1981
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Sweden, United Kingdom, Zambia
- Production
- Svenska Filminstitutet,Mark Forstater Productions Ltd.,Chibote Limited,Mark Forstater Productions
- Cast
- Ivy Miyanda,Reg Cornish,John Moulder-Brown,Gailos Shiyamba,John Kani,Björn Gedda,Jan Nygren,Margaret Heale,Vincent Mijoni,Martyn Hitchinsand 6 more
- Director
- Michael Raeburn
- Writer
- Michael Raeburn,Doris Lessing
- Producer
- Mark Forstater
- Cinematography
- Bille August
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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