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Whity

Not Rated Western Drama

Starring: Günther Kaufmann, Ulli Lommel, Harry Baer, Hanna Schygulla, Ron Randell

Writer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Release Date:
June 2, 1971
Ratings:
5.1 / 10
Director:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Companies:
Atlantis-Film

Overview

"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 feeble-minded Davy. Whity tries to carry out all their orders, however demeaning, until various family members ask him to kill some of the others.