Whity

5.2 / 10

(18 votes)

"Whity" is the mulatto butler of the dysfunctional Nicholson family in the American southwest in 1878. The father, Ben Nicholson, has an attractive young wife Katherine, and two sons by a previous marriage; the homosexual Frank, and the retarded Davy. Whity tries to carry out all their orders, however demeaning, until various of the family members ask him to kill some of the others.

Country:

Germany

Genre:

Western,

Drama

Duration:

95 minutes

Year:

1971

Director:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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Company:

Atlantis-Film,

Antiteater-X-Film

Cast:
Günther Kaufmann

Whity

Ulli Lommel

Frank Nicholson

Harry Baer

Davy Nicholson

Hanna Schygulla

Hanna

Ron Randell

Benjamin Nicholson

Crew:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Director

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Screenplay

Peer Raben

Producer

Peter Berling

Executive Producer

Ulli Lommel

Producer