Whity
Whity
Release: 1971-06-02
·Runtime: 95m
·★ 5.0
Western
Drama
"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.
Production Countries
Germany
Production Companies
Atlantis-Film
Antiteater-X-Film
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Harry Baer
as Davy Nicholson
Hanna Schygulla
as Hanna
Ron Randell
as Benjamin Nicholson
Katrin Schaake
as Katherine Nicholson
Peter Berling
as Hefty Bartender (uncredited)
Kurt Raab
as Pianist (uncredited)
Ulli Lommel
as Frank Nicholson
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
as Saloon guest (uncredited)
Günther Kaufmann
as Whity
