The Murderess

06/13/1974

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1hr 30min

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Drama

STORY

An adaptation of one of the greatest greek novellas ('The Murderess' by Alexandros Papadiamantis). Fragkogiannou (Maria Alkaiou), a hard-done by, deranged woman after a life full of hardship, recalls the past by her newborn girl grandchild’s crib. Her mother was a wicked woman and one of her sons was a criminal. Lost in a haze, she strangles the baby as she is concvinced that girls can cause their family only trouble. Later, she lets a little girl drown in a well, while she drowns three other little girls, one of whom is a newborn baby. This is her way of sparing children and parents of the inevitable suffering in life.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Maria Alkaiou
  • Natalia Alkaiou
  • Costas Darlasis
  • Elpidoforos Gotsis
  • Eleni Ioannou

    Directors

  • Costas Ferris
  • Dimos Theos

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

  • Greece

LANGUAGES

  • Greek