The Murderess

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 13, 1974

Original language

Greek

Spoken languages

Greek

Countries

Greece

Cast

Giannis Kafaloukos,Maria Alkaiou,Foivos Taxiarhis,Eleni Ioannou,Katerina Karousou,Anthi Kariofylli,Mihalis Kostopoulos,Manos Katrakis,Dora Lytinaki,Christos Natsiosand 5 more

Director

Costas Ferris

Writer

Alexandros Papadiamantis,Dimos Theos,Costas Ferris

Producer

Milli Gregou-Delipetrou

Cinematography

Stavros Hassapis

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0071513