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The Murderess

The Murderess

7,7 /10 (3 Votes)
1974 EL 90 min

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.

Release date

13/06/1974

Votes

3

Popularity

0.3

Genres

Status

Released

Original title

Η φόνισσα

Language

EL

Runtime

90 min

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