The Murderess

The Murderess (1974)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1974-06-13
  • User Rating: 7/10 from 2 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 30min
  • Language: ελληνικά
  • Production Country: Greece
  • Director: Costas Ferris
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Summary

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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  • Maria Alkaiou

    as Frankogiannou
  • Natalia Alkaiou

    as
  • Costas Darlasis

    as
  • Elpidoforos Gotsis

    as
  • Eleni Ioannou

    as
  • Giannis Kafaloukos

    as
  • Anthi Kariofylli

    as
  • Katerina Karousou

    as
  • Manos Katrakis

    as Narrator (voice)
  • Giorgos Katsaras

    as
  • Mihalis Kostopoulos

    as
  • Dora Lytinaki

    as
  • Christos Natsios

    as
  • Dimitris Poulikakos

    as
  • Foivos Taxiarhis

    as
Writing Alexandros Papadiamantis Original Story
Directing Costas Ferris Director
Writing Alexandros Papadiamantis Novel
Writing Costas Ferris Screenplay
Writing Dimos Theos Screenplay

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