Whity (movie)

Whity (movie)

  • User score: 5.2
  • Production country: Germany
  • Producer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  • Production companies: Atlantis-Film, Antiteater-X-Film
  • Genre: Western, Drama
  • Release date: 6/2/1971
  • Run time: 95 min.

Movie description

"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.

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Günther Kaufmann

Günther Kaufmann

Role(s): Whity

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Ulli Lommel

Ulli Lommel

Role(s): Frank Nicholson

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Harry Baer

Harry Baer

Role(s): Davy Nicholson

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Hanna Schygulla

Hanna Schygulla

Role(s): Hanna

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Ron Randell

Ron Randell

Role(s): Benjamin Nicholson

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