The Grass Is Singing 42 years old

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.

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The Grass Is Singing Cast

Name	Character
Karen Black She was 42, 74 years old when she died	as Mary Turner
John Thaw He was 39, 60 years old when he died	as Dick Turner
John Kani He was 38, now 81 years old	as Moses

The Grass Is Singing Crew

Name	Department
Bille August as Director of Photography. He was 32 (now 75) years old	Camera
Doris Lessing as Writer. She was 61 (94) years old when She died	Writing