
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

Paulette Frantz
Madame Pellegrin, concierge

Bernard Freyd
Doctor Lehimberg

Philippe Morier-Genoud
Prosecutor

Patrick Gourevitch
Clerk
Pierre-Olivier Faïs
Alexandre age 7
Sébastien Rochelle
Vartanian

Georges Wilson
(uncredited)