The Murderess

The Murderess

Movie 1974-06-13 1h 30m Drama
★ 7.5 / 10 · 4 votes

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.

Status
Released
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Director
Costas Ferris
Cast
Maria Alkaiou Maria Alkaiou Frankogiannou Natalia Alkaiou Natalia Alkaiou Kostas Darlasis Kostas Darlasis Elpidoforos Gotsis Elpidoforos Gotsis Eleni Ioannou Eleni Ioannou
Giannis Kafaloukos Giannis Kafaloukos
Anthi Kariofylli Anthi Kariofylli Katerina Karousou Katerina Karousou Manos Katrakis Manos Katrakis Narrator (voice)
Giorgos Katsaras Giorgos Katsaras
Mihalis Kostopoulos Mihalis Kostopoulos
Dora Lytinaki Dora Lytinaki
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