The Grass Is Singing (1981)

Media (2)

Original title	The Grass Is Singing
Swedish release title	Gräset sjunger
Co-production title	Gräset sjunger The Grass Is Singing (Storbritannien)
Distribution title	Afrikanische Tragödie (Västtyskland) Killing Heat (USA) Græsset synger (Danmark) Det synger i gresset (Norge)

Director	Michael Raeburn
Screenplay	Michael Raeburn
Producer	Mark Forstater
Production Manager	Kaj Holmberg
Director of Photography	Bille August
Music	Lasse Dahlberg (as Lars Dahlberg) (originalmusik) Björn Isfält (originalmusik) Themba Tana (afrikansk musik)
Production Designer	Disley Jones
Film Editor	Thomas Schwalm
Production Mixer	Darek Hodor Lasse Summanen
Assistant Director	Karen Payne Bob Matheson Chris Piri
Advisor	Cecil Evans (vilda djur)
Script Supervisor	Aino Börgeson
Associate Producer	Catharina Stackelberg
Unit Manager	Anita Tesler
Production Assistant	Brenda Brianch
Casting	Ruth Bush Karen Jacobsen
Camera Operator	Fritz Schrøder
Assistant Cameraman	Robinson Luhango Chris Nkowane
Gaffer	Preben Larsson Kent Högberg
Key Grip	PeO Strandberg Lasse Ulander
Color Timer	Hans Rinning
Music Consultant	Olof Axelsson (koordinator afrikansk musik)
Assistant Production Designer	Robin Miller Seth Phillips Helen Tyndale
Set Decorator	Peter Young
Propman	Dave Newton
Costume Designer	Lenamari Wallström Julie Atkinson Beverley Lanyon
Make-up Supervisor	Suzanne Bergmark Tommy Berggren (assistent)
Sound Assistant	Joel Nyoni
Sound Effects	Dawie Van Heerden (övervakare) Andrew Billington (assistent)

Karen Black	Mary Turner
John Thaw	Dick Turner, Marys man, farmare
John Kani	Moses, Turners house boy
Patrick Mynhardt	Charlie Muller
John Moulder-Brown	Tony Marston
Margaret Heale	Ellen Muller, Charlies fru
Björn Gedda	sergeant Denham
Jan Nygren	läkaren
Vincent Mijoni	chefens tjänare
Ivy Miyanda	Moses hustru
Reg Cornish	Marys chef
Gailos Shiyamba	Samson, Turners house boy
Martyn Hitchins	Harry
Wesley Kaonga	Dhlamini
Jesse Martin	föreståndarinnan
Bernard Hamaundu	arbetare
Abel Kabungo	arbetare
Manda Mwila	arbetare
Edmund Ngula	arbetare
Richard Nkanyezi	arbetare
Ann Oglethorpe	farmarhustru
Diana Kiely	farmarhustru
Rosemary Kirby	farmarhustru
Karen Kotze	tennisspelare
Chris Hodgson	tennisspelare
Ian Kotze	tennisspelare
Terry-Thomas	medverkande i ett avsnitt ur filmen Carlton-Brown of the F.O.
Thorley Walters	medverkande i ett avsnitt ur filmen Carlton-Brown of the F.O.

Production Company	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
	Chibote Limited
	Impala Productions Ltd.		©
	Mark Forstater Productions Ltd.
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
Distributor in Sweden (16 mm)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1994
Laboratory	AB Film-Labor
Re-recording Mixer	FilmMixarna AB

Censorship number	123270
Date	1982-04-02
Classification	Allowed from age 11
Original length	2875 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 515-520-495-515-520-310 m.

Aspect ratio	2.35:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Colour
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2875 meter
Length in minutes	105 min
Reels	6 reels

Original title	The Grass Is Singing (Novel)
Author	Doris Lessing

				1980-08-31	1980-11-15
Filmhusateljéerna	Stockholm	Sweden	(ateljé)
	Livingstone /= Maramba/	Zambia	(exteriörer)
	Lusaka	Zambia	(exteriörer)
	Kafue nationalpark	Zambia	(exteriörer)

Festival showing	1981-05-17	Régent	Cannes	France	105 min	(Filmfestivalen i Cannes)
First showing	1981-08-31	Plaza 4	Lusaka	Zambia	105 min
Release in Sweden	1982-09-10	Filmstaden	Stockholm	Sweden	105 min
Cinematheque screening	2017-03-01	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2017-03-01

Festival Award	Toulon-Chateauvallon	1985			(grand prix - le triangle d'or)
	Toulon-Chateauvallon	1985			(publikjuryns pris)

Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959)

Cited in

The Grass Is Singing (1981)

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type	Print
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Duplicate negative
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2875

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Original picture negative
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2875

Element type	Original picture negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Original picture negative neutral background
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Sound negative
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2875

Element type	Sound negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Sound negative
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Intermediate audio recording effects
Carrier type	17.5 mm

Element type	Intermediate audio recording effects
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Intermediate audio recording
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Intermediate audio recording music
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Intermediate audio recording music
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Intermediate audio recording music
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Final mix
Carrier type	35 mm

Size	Larger than 80 x 110 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity	2

Type	Press Cuttings

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Screenplay by Michael Raeburn with additional material by Ian F. H. Lloyd (based on a novel by Doris Lessing).
Extent	95 s.
Language	English

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Extent	120 s.
Language	English

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Filmmanus av Michael Raeburn : med extra material av Ian F. H. Lloyd. Baserat på Doris Lessings roman. Översättning av Nils-Olof Westberg.
Extent	73 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	21 s.

Script type	Synopsis
Extent	1 s.

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Extent	335 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	21 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	The grass is singing
Extent	21 s.
Language	English

Script type	Peripheral material
Language	Swedish

Black and white print	14
Colour prints	SET
Slides	SET
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English