The Murderess

The Murderess — Plot

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.

• Release date
• June 13, 1974
• Runtime
• 90 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Costas Ferris

The Murderess — Cast

Maria Alkaiou Frankogiannou

N

Natalia Alkaiou

K

Kostas Darlasis

E

Elpidoforos Gotsis

E

Eleni Ioannou

G

Giannis Kafaloukos

A

Anthi Kariofylli

K

Katerina Karousou