The Murderess (1974)
Η φόνισσα
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.
- Date of release
- 1974-06-13
- TMDB
- 7.5 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Costas Ferris
Casting
- Maria Alkaiou — Frankogiannou
- Natalia Alkaiou
- Kostas Darlasis
- Elpidoforos Gotsis
- Eleni Ioannou
- Giannis Kafaloukos
- Anthi Kariofylli
- Katerina Karousou
- Manos Katrakis — Narrator (voice)
- Giorgos Katsaras
- Mihalis Kostopoulos
- Dora Lytinaki
Interesting facts
- Based on: The Murderess
- Filmed in: Greece
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