The Grass Is Singing

The Grass Is Singing
1981Drama105 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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... read more

  • Michael Raeburn

    Director

  • Doris Lessing

    Novel

  • Michael Raeburn

    Screenplay

  • Bille August

    Director of Photography

  • Thomas Schwalm

    Editor

  • 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

  • Kennedy Mungomba

    Fison

  • Martyn Hitchins

    Harry

  • Wesley Kaonga

    Dhlamini

  • Jesse Martin

    Matron

    • Runtime

    105 minutes

    Released

    1981-08-30

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    Sweden

    United Kingdom

    Zambia

    Studios

    Chibote Limited

    Mark Forstater Productions

    Svenska Filminstitutet

    Sound

  • Lasse Dahlberg

    Music

  • Björn Isfält

    Music

  • Temba Tana

    Music

    • Updated

    18 days ago

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