Whity

BR Deutschland 1970/1971 Spielfilm

Summary

1878, somewhere in the Western part of the United States. In a mansion resembling a mausoleum, the Nicholson clan resides: Patriarch Ben Nicholson, his nymphomaniac second wife Katherine, homosexual Frank and mentally ill Davy. The Nicholson's submissive servant is Whity, a black man and the illegitimate son of Ben. He eventually gains self-confidence when some of the Nicholsons start to ask him to kill off other family members. He shoots them all dead, and leaves the place with prostitute and bar singer Hanna. They get lost in the desert without water, doomed to die of thirst.

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Shoot

    • April 1970: Almaria (Spanien)
Duration:
95 min
Format:
35mm, 1:2,35
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Ton
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 02.07.1971, Berlin, IFF;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 21.11.1989, Pro 7

Titles

  • Arbeitstitel Whity ging nach Osten
  • Originaltitel (DE) Whity

Versions

Original

Duration:
95 min
Format:
35mm, 1:2,35
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Ton
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 02.07.1971, Berlin, IFF;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 21.11.1989, Pro 7

Awards

Deutscher Filmpreis 1971
  • Filmband in Gold, Ausstattung
  • Filmband in Gold, Darstellerische Leistung
FBW 1971
  • Prädikat: wertvoll