Film · Drama, Western

Whity (1971)

"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.

Director

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writers

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Country

Germany

Language

German

Release date

June 2, 1971