The read
Critics rate it 36 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
"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.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 36 points higher than audiences do.
24 audience votes
Key crew
- Rainer Werner FassbinderDirector
- Rainer Werner FassbinderScreenplay
- Peer RabenOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Günther KaufmannWhity
- Ulli LommelFrank Nicholson
- Harry BaerDavy Nicholson
- Hanna SchygullaHanna
- Ron RandellBenjamin Nicholson
- Helga BallhausJudge's wife
- Katrin SchaakeKatherine Nicholson
- Rainer Werner FassbinderSaloon guest (uncredited)
- Peter BerlingHefty Bartender (uncredited)
- Kurt RaabPianist (uncredited)
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Themes
butlerdysfunctional familymale homosexualitysouthwestern u.s.whipping19th centurygay theme