Claudia Cardinale as Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian

Omar Sharif as Hagop Zakarian

Nathalie Roussel as Gayane

Isabelle Sadoyan as Anna

Jacky Nercessian as Apkar

Richard Berry as Pierre Zakar (voice only)

Cédric Doucet as Azad age 7

Tom Ponsin as Azad age 12

Stéphane Servais as Azad age 20

Serge Avédikian as Vaksen Papasian

Michèle Bardollet as Madeleine

Christian Barbier as Father Pignon

Patrick Timsit as Garbis, locksmith

Nicolas Silberg as Lawyer

Denis Podalydès as Soghomon Tehlirian

Jean-Pierre Delage as Doctor Philibert

André Julien as Monsieur Anzani

Ticky Holgado as Zakarians' angry and racist neighbor

Jean Panisse as Butcher

Claudie Arif as

Yvette Petit as

Paulette Frantz as Madame Pellegrin, concierge

Inge Offerman as

Gilles Treton as

Marie-France Santon as

Bernard Freyd as Doctor Lehimberg

Philippe Morier-Genoud as Prosecutor

Patrick Gourevitch as Clerk

Mireille Franchino as

Pierre-Olivier Faïs as Alexandre age 7

Christophe Combettes as

Sébastien Rochelle as Vartanian

Gérard Torikian as

Vince Castello as

Mario Luraschi as

Patrick Steltzer as

Francine Olivier as

Henri Meliani as

Véronique Delestaing as

Jean-Gabriel Nordmann as

Gérard Billon as

Hubert Foulon as

Georges Wilson as (uncredited)