The Murderess

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.

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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.

Cast

Maria Alkaiou
Maria Alkaiou
Frankogiannou
Natalia Alkaiou
Natalia Alkaiou
Kostas Darlasis
Kostas Darlasis
Elpidoforos Gotsis
Elpidoforos Gotsis
Eleni Ioannou
Eleni Ioannou
Giannis Kafaloukos
Giannis Kafaloukos
Anthi Kariofylli
Anthi Kariofylli
Katerina Karousou
Katerina Karousou
Manos Katrakis
Manos Katrakis
Narrator (voice)
Giorgos Katsaras
Giorgos Katsaras
Mihalis Kostopoulos
Mihalis Kostopoulos
Dora Lytinaki
Dora Lytinaki

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