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