Whity
1971, Film, 95 min, Drama, Western, German, Germany, MoviePedia score 61
"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.
Where to watch in India
- Stream on Cultpix
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast
- Günther Kaufmann as Whity
- Ron Randell as Benjamin Nicholson
- Hanna Schygulla as Hanna
- Katrin Schaake as Katherine Nicholson
- Harry Baer as Davy Nicholson
- Ulli Lommel as Frank Nicholson
- Tomás Martín Blanco as Fake Mexican physician
- Stefano Capriati as Judge
- Elaine Baker as Marpessa, Whity's mother
- Mark Salvage as Sheriff
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