The Murderess (Η φόνισσα) 50 years old

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.

Credits

The Murderess Cast

Name	Character
Manos Katrakis He was 65, 76 years old when he died	as Narrator (voice)
Dimitris Poulikakos He was 31, now 81 years old
Mihalis Kostopoulos

The Murderess Crew

Name	Department
Costas Ferris as Director. He was 39 (now 89) years old	Directing
Costas Ferris as Screenplay. He was 39 (now 89) years old	Writing