Henri Verneuil was born Achod Malakian of Armenian parentage on October 15, 1920, in Rodosto, Turkey, and his family fled to France and settled in Marseilles when he was a young child. He later recounted his childhood experience in the novel Mayrig, which he dedicated to his mother and made into this 1991 film with the same name.
Claudia Cardinale
as Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian
Omar Sharif
as Hagop Zakarian
Nathalie Roussel
as Gayane
Isabelle Sadoyan
as Anna
Jacky Nercessian
as Apkar
Richard Berry
as Pierre Zakar (voice only)
Cédric Doucet
as Azad age 7
Tom Ponsin
as Azad age 12
Stéphane Servais
as Azad age 20
Serge Avédikian
as Vaksen Papasian
Michèle Bardollet
as Madeleine
Christian Barbier
as Father Pignon
