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Whity
Sign in to saveWhity is a 1971 West German film, written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and starring Günther Kaufmann and Hanna Schygulla. Shot in Spain, it is a melodrama in the form of a Spaghetti Western which addresses some of Fassbinder's recurrent themes such as dysfunctional families, sexual diversity and the struggle of the individual to find a place in society. Though entered into the 21st Berlin International Film Festival, it was never distributed theatrically and only much later achieved a DVD release.
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5.3"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.
Cast
- Günther Kaufmann as Whity
- Ulli Lommel as Frank Nicholson
- Harry Baer as Davy Nicholson
- Hanna Schygulla as Hanna
- Ron Randell as Benjamin Nicholson
- Helga Ballhaus as Judge's wife
Themes
- butler
- dysfunctional family
- male homosexuality
- southwestern u.s.
- whipping
- 19th century
- gay theme
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Whity
- Film.image
- Whity (film).jpg
- Film.caption
- DVD cover
- Film.director
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Film.writer
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Film.starring
- Günther Kaufmann Hanna Schygulla
- Film.music
- Peer Raben
- Film.cinematography
- Michael Ballhaus
- Film.runtime
- 95 minutes
- Film.country
- West Germany
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- Duration
- 95
- FilmAffinity ID
- 925966
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- publication date
- 1971-06-00
- title
- Whity
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Whity is a 1971 West German film, written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and starring Günther Kaufmann and Hanna Schygulla. Shot in Spain, it is a melodrama in the form of a Spaghetti Western which addresses some of Fassbinder's recurrent themes such as dysfunctional families, sexual diversity and the struggle of the individual to find a place in society. Though entered into the 21st Berlin International Film Festival, it was never distributed theatrically and only much later achieved a DVD release.
==Plot== In 1878 in the south west of the US, Ben Nicholson is the richest rancher of the area. A tough man who strikes a hard bargain, he has been outwitted by his second wife Katherine, a flirtatious intriguer. Of his two sons from the previous marriage, Frank is gay and the unfortunate David is a half-wit. There is a third son in the house however, born from the black cook Marpessa, who acts as butler: this is Whity.
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