The Grass Is Singing
A marriage, a murder, a country without mercy
4.7
6 votes
August 30, 1981
1h 45m
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.
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Karen Black
Mary Turner
John Thaw
Dick Turner
John Kani
Moses
Patrick Mynhardt
Charlie Muller
John Moulder-Brown
Tony MarstonMargaret Heale
Ellen Muller
Björn Gedda
Sgt. Denham
Jan Nygren
DoctorVincent Mijoni
Boss' BoyIvy Miyanda
Moses' WifeReg Cornish
Mary's BossGailos Shiyamba
SamsonKennedy Mungomba
FisonMartyn Hitchins
HarryWesley Kaonga
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