The Murderess

The Murderess

1974
1h 30m
7.0

7.0/10

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Overview

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

Language: EL

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Production Information

Production Countries
Greece
Spoken Languages
Greek

Quick Facts

Original Title Η φόνισσα
Release Date June 13, 1974
Status Released
Language EL
IMDb ID tt0071513

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

Key Crew

Costas Ferris
Director
Costas Ferris
Screenplay
Dimos Theos
Screenplay
Milli Gregou-Delipetrou
Producer

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