The White Truck Explained

The White Truck
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Director:	Léo Joannon
Producer:	Léo Joannon
Cinematography:	Nikolai Toporkoff
Editing:	Jacques Grassi
Studio:	MAIC
Distributor:	Regina Distribution
Runtime:	112 minutes
Country:	France
Language:	French

The White Truck (French: Le camion blanc) is a 1943 French comedy drama film directed by Léo Joannon and starring Jules Berry, Blanchette Brunoy and François Périer.^[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Douarinou.

Plot

A young garage mechanic is hired for an unusual assignment, to drive a white truck around France carrying the corpse of a famed gypsy leader.

Cast

• Jules Berry as Shabbas - the chief of the northern gypsies
• Blanchette Brunoy as Germaine
• François Périer as François Ledru - a young mechanic
• Fernand Charpin as Courbassié - gypsies' southern ambassador
• Marguerite Moreno as The King's Widow
• Roger Karl as Acho
• Mila Parély as Madame Dupont
• Jean Parédès as Ernest
• Marcelle Monthil as Germaine's mother
• Charles Lemontier as Germaine's father
• Edmond Beauchamp as gypsy
• Robert Berri as pump attendant
• Georges Bever as ticket inspector

Notes and References

1. Book: James Robert Parish

   . James Robert. Parish. James Robert Parish. Kingsley. Canham. Film Directors Guide: Western Europe. Scarecrow Press. 1976. 56. 0810809087. registration.