Happy as the Grass Was Green (1973)

Directed by

Charles Davis

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man visits a Mennonite community and gets to know its people and their way of life. The film follows his interactions and experiences among them.

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What happens

Happy as the Grass Was Green, later renamed Hazel's People, is a 1973 American drama film directed by Charles Davis and starring Geraldine Page, Pat Hingle and Graham Beckel. The film is one of the few Mennonite related films ever made. Most of the cast other than the aforementioned consists of genuine Pennsylvanian Mennonites. The film is based on a novel by Merle Good. For many years, the film was presented nightly at the "People's Place" in Intercourse, Pennsylvania. The Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online states: "The two films Amish Grace and Happy as the Grass was Green have significant insider Mennonite contributions and come closest to presenting a valid image of Amish and Mennonites". The original title of the film is taken from the poem Fern Hill of Dylan Thomas. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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