Claudia Cardinale
Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian
Omar Sharif
Hagop Zakarian
Richard Berry
Pierre Zakar (voice only)
Stéphane Servais
Azad age 20
Serge Avédikian
Vaksen Papasian
Michèle Bardollet
Madeleine
Christian Barbier
Father Pignon
Patrick Timsit
Garbis, locksmith
Denis Podalydès
Soghomon Tehlirian
Jean-Pierre Delage
Doctor Philibert
André Julien
Monsieur Anzani
Ticky Holgado
Zakarians' angry and racist neighbor
Paulette Frantz
Madame Pellegrin, concierge
Bernard Freyd
Doctor Lehimberg
Philippe Morier-Genoud
Prosecutor
Pierre-Olivier Faïs
Alexandre age 7
Sébastien Rochelle
Vartanian
Georges Wilson
(uncredited)