ActingThe 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. 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 (born Maria Papageorgiou, Athens, 1915 – January 1, 2005) was a Greek award-winning theater (mainly) actress and troupe leader. She appeared on the stage from the age of 5 with the troupe of Kyveli. Her film debut took place in 1933. A graduate of the Pelos Katseli Drama School, she collaborated with the National Theater for a number of years, as well as with the National Opera. She …

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The Murderess

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