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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
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Sweden
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Michael Raeburn
- Screenwriter
- Doris Lessing
- Cast member
- John Moulder-Brown
- Cinematographer
- Bille August
- Narrative location
- British Empire
- Duration
- 105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 622424
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1981-01-01
- title
- Killing Heat
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