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A 1973 drama about a Mennonite boy killed in a protest and his friend's visit to his family. The title is a phrase from a hymn and the film explores the contrast between the Mennonite culture and the outside world.
- (70)
- Drama, Romance
- Charles Davis
- 1973-12
English. 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.
Now as I was young and easy under the apple boughs About the lilting house and happy as the grass was green, The night above the dingle starry, Time let me hail and climb Golden in the heydays of ...
Brief Synopsis. Eric is a hippie who goes to a Mennonite town in Pennsylvania for a funeral and finds a way of life that he did not know existed. Intrigued by the lifestyle and attracted to a girl named Hazel, Eric finds himself undergoing a religious conversion.
Meet the Mennonite and Amish people. Eric is an adamant fighter for human rights who discovers a way of life he never knew existed. While attending the funeral of his best friend, Eric meets a young Mennonite girl named Hazel.
- 127 min
Happy as the Grass Was Green. In the wake of a violent protest against the Vietnam War, New Yorker Eric Mills (Graham Beckel) travels to Pennsylvania Amish country to inform Eli (Pat Hingle) and ...
- Drama
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 ...
