The Murderess

The Murderess (1974)

Drama

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.

Director: Costas Ferris
Writers: Costas Ferris, Dimos Theos.

Casts

	Maria Alkaiou as Frankogiannou
	Natalia Alkaiou as
	Kostas 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

Crew