The Murderess

    The Murderess
    1974

    Synopsis

    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.

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      Cast

      • Maria AlkaiouFrankogiannou
      • Natalia Alkaiou
      • Costas Darlasis
      • Elpidoforos Gotsis
      • Eleni Ioannou
      • Giannis Kafaloukos
      • Anthi Kariofylli
      • Katerina Karousou
      • Manos KatrakisNarrator (voice)
      • Giorgos Katsaras
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