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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 2, 1971
- Original language
- German
- Spoken languages
- German, English
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Atlantis Film,Antiteater-X-Film,Atlantis-Film
- Cast
- Günther Kaufmann,Ulli Lommel,Harry Baer,Hanna Schygulla,Ron Randell,Helga Ballhaus,Katrin Schaake,Rainer Werner Fassbinder,Peter Berling,Kurt Raab
- Director
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Writer
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Producer
- Ulli Lommel,Peter Berling,Peer Raben
- Cinematography
- Michael Ballhaus
- Music
- Peer Raben
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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