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
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Narrator (voice)
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Costas Ferris Director · Dimos Theos Screenplay Alexandros Papadiamantis Story
First release June 13, 1974 · Produced in Greece · Original title Η φόνισσα
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Greece
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Original title
Η φόνισσα
Original language
Greek
Spoken on screen
Greek
Release dates
Greece · June 13, 1974
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No release date listed for United States.
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