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Karen Black
Mary Turner
Movie1981105 minReleasedAU M
The Grass Is Singing
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.
Drama
Crew
Key crew roles and departments.
JA
Julie Atkinson
Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up
TT
Temba Tana
Music
Sound
Doris Lessing
Novel
Writing
LS
Lasse Summanen
Sound
Sound
MF
Mark Forstater
Producer
Production
DJ
Disley Jones
Production Design
Art
CS
Catharina Stackelberg
Associate Producer
Production
TS
Thomas Schwalm
Editor
Editing
PY
Peter Young
Set Decoration
Art
MR
Michael Raeburn
Director
Directing
MR
Michael Raeburn
Screenplay
Writing
Bille August
Director of Photography
Camera
