Whity
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"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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1971-06-02
Runtime: 95 mins
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Spoken language: English, Deutsch
Genres: Western, Drama
Original title: Whity
Production Companies: Atlantis-Film, Antiteater-X-Film
Production Countries: Germany
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