Overview

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.

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Cast

Claudia Cardinale

Omar Sharif

Nathalie Roussel

Isabelle Sadoyan

Jacky Nercessian

Richard Berry

Cédric Doucet

Tom Ponsin

Stéphane Servais

Serge Avédikian