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.
as Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian
as Hagop Zakarian
as Gayane
as Anna
as Apkar
as Pierre Zakar (voice only)
as Azad age 7
as Azad age 12
as Azad age 20
as Vaksen Papasian
as Madeleine
as Father Pignon
as Garbis, locksmith
as Lawyer
as Soghomon Tehlirian
as Doctor Philibert
as Monsieur Anzani
as Zakarians' angry and racist neighbor
as Butcher
as Madame Pellegrin, concierge
as Doctor Lehimberg
as Prosecutor
as Clerk
as Alexandre age 7
as Vartanian
as (uncredited)
