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4.7In 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.
Released: 1981-08-30105 minDir: Michael RaeburnDrama
Cast
- Karen Black as Mary Turner
- John Thaw as Dick Turner
- John Kani as Moses
- Patrick Mynhardt as Charlie Muller
- John Moulder-Brown as Tony Marston
- Margaret Heale as Ellen Muller
Themes
- marriage crisis
- africa
- rural area
- colonialism
- rhodesia
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 622424
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- publication date
- 1981-01-01
- title
- Killing Heat
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Connections
Sweden
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South Africa
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Zambia
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British Empire
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Doris Lessing
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IMDb
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Karen Black
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Southern Rhodesia
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Livingstone
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Northern Rhodesia
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Bille August
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John Kani
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John Thaw
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Swedish Film Institute
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John Moulder-Brown
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The Grass Is Singing
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Michael Raeburn
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Björn Isfält
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Categories
1981 drama films1981 English-language films1981 films1981 Swedish films1982 filmsAustralian drama filmsEnglish-language drama filmsEnglish-language Swedish filmsEnglish-language Zambian filmsFilms about adulteryFilms based on British novelsFilms based on works by Doris LessingFilms set in RhodesiaFilms set in the 1940sFilms set in the British EmpireSwedish drama filmsTemplate film date with 1 release dateZambian drama films