The Grass Is Singing (1981)
A marriage, a murder, a country without mercy
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.
- Date of release
- 1981-08-30
- TMDB
- 4.7 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Michael Raeburn
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
Killing Heat 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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