The Grass Is Singing (1981)

08/30/1981 (SE) • 1h 45m

Drama

A marriage, a murder, a country without mercy

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.

Top Billed Cast

Karen Black

Mary Turner

John Thaw

Dick Turner

Patrick Mynhardt

Charlie Muller

John Moulder-Brown

Tony Marston

Margaret Heale

Ellen Muller

Björn Gedda

Sgt. Denham


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

marriage crisis

africa

rural area

colonialism

rhodesia

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