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The Grass Is Singing

42 %|Aug 30, 1981|Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Michael Raeburn
Director
Michael Raeburn
Screenplay
Bille August
Director of Photography
Doris Lessing
Novel
Mark Forstater
Producer
Catharina Stackelberg
Associate Producer
Lasse Dahlberg
Music
Björn Isfält
Music

Cast

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Karen Black
Mary Turner
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John Thaw
Dick Turner
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Patrick Mynhardt
Charlie Muller
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John Moulder-Brown
Tony Marston
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Margaret Heale
Ellen Muller
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Björn Gedda
Sgt. Denham
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Ivy Miyanda
Moses' Wife
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Reg Cornish
Mary's Boss