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The Murderess

Jun 13, 1974 · 1h 30m
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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.

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Maria Alkaiou
Frankogiannou
Natalia Alkaiou
Kostas Darlasis
Elpidoforos Gotsis
Eleni Ioannou
Giannis Kafaloukos
Anthi Kariofylli
Katerina Karousou
Directed by Costas Ferris

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