The MurderessMovie
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.
About The Murderess
The Murderess is a 1974 drama movie directed by Costas Ferris.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 30m, production credits from Greece, an original language code of EL.
The credited cast includes Maria Alkaiou, Natalia Alkaiou, Kostas Darlasis, Elpidoforos Gotsis. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
