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.
Cast
Claudia Cardinale
Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian
Omar Sharif
Hagop Zakarian
Nathalie Roussel
Gayane
Isabelle Sadoyan
Anna
Jacky Nercessian
Apkar
Richard Berry
Pierre Zakar (voice only)
Cédric Doucet
Azad age 7
Tom Ponsin
Azad age 12
Stéphane Servais
Azad age 20
Serge Avédikian
Vaksen Papasian
Michèle Bardollet
Madeleine
Christian Barbier
Father Pignon
Patrick Timsit
Garbis, locksmith
Nicolas Silberg
Lawyer
Denis Podalydès
Soghomon Tehlirian
Jean-Pierre Delage
Doctor Philibert
André Julien
Monsieur Anzani
Ticky Holgado
Zakarians' angry and racist neighbor
Jean Panisse
Butcher
Claudie Arif
Unknown
Yvette Petit
Unknown
Paulette Frantz
Madame Pellegrin, concierge
Inge Offerman
Unknown
Gilles Treton
Unknown
Marie-France Santon
Unknown
Bernard Freyd
Doctor Lehimberg
Philippe Morier-Genoud
Prosecutor
Patrick Gourevitch
Clerk
Mireille Franchino
Unknown
Pierre-Olivier Faïs
Alexandre age 7
Christophe Combettes
Unknown
Sébastien Rochelle
Vartanian
Gérard Torikian
Unknown
Vince Castello
Unknown
Mario Luraschi
Unknown
Patrick Steltzer
Unknown
Francine Olivier
Unknown
Henri Meliani
Unknown
Véronique Delestaing
Unknown
Jean-Gabriel Nordmann
Unknown
Gérard Billon
Unknown
Hubert Foulon
Unknown
Georges Wilson
(uncredited)
Crew
Henri Verneuil
Director, Writer
Henri Lanoë
Editor
Edmond Richard
Director of Photography
Patrick Malakian
First Assistant Director
Mark Lombardo
Executive Producer
Tarak Ben Ammar
Producer
Pierre Guffroy
Production Design
Yves Agostini
Camera Operator
Margot Capelier
Casting Director
Catherine Gorne-Achdjian
Costume Design
Muriel Baurens
Key Makeup Artist
Jean Goudier
Sound Editor
Bernard Le Roux
Sound Mixer
Claude Villand
Sound Mixer
Alain Sempé
Sound
Jean-Claude Petit
Original Music Composer
Suzanne Ohanessian
Script Supervisor
Catherine Prévert
Script Supervisor
