Mother

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.

• Henri VerneuilWriter
• Henri VerneuilDirector
• Jean-Claude PetitOriginal Music Composer

• Claudia CardinaleAraxi (Mayrig) Zakarian
• Omar SharifHagop Zakarian
• Nathalie RousselGayane
• Isabelle SadoyanAnna
• Jacky NercessianApkar
• Richard BerryPierre Zakar (voice only)
• Cédric DoucetAzad age 7
• Tom PonsinAzad age 12
• Stéphane ServaisAzad age 20
• Serge AvédikianVaksen Papasian
• Michèle BardolletMadeleine
• Christian BarbierFather Pignon