Movie · 1974 · 90 min

The Murderess (1974)

Original title: Η φόνισσα

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The Murderess is a 1974 movie (Drama). The Murderess was directed by Costas Ferris. The Murderess runs 90 minutes. There is currently no known legal streaming option for The Murderess in United States. Check back later or switch your region.

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Plot

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.