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Whity

BR Deutschland 1970/1971 Spielfilm

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.

Credits

Director

  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Screenplay

  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Director of photography

  • Michael Ballhaus

Editing

  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  • Thea Eymèsz

Music

  • Peer Raben

Cast

  • Günther Kaufmann
    Whity
  • Ron Randell
    Mr. Nicholson
  • Hanna Schygulla
    Hanna
  • Katrin Schaake
    Katherine Nicholson
  • Harry Baer
    Davy
  • Ulli Lommel
    Frank Nicholson
  • Tomas Blanco
    Falscher Arzt
  • Stefano Capriati
    Richter
  • Elaine Baker
    Whitys Mutter
  • Mark Salvage
    Sheriff

Production company

  • Antiteater-X-Film GmbH (Feldkirchen)
  • Atlantis Film (München)

Producer

  • Ulli Lommel

Alle Credits

Director

  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Assistant director

  • Harry Baer
  • Ulli Stangl

Script supervisor

  • Ulli Stangl

Screenplay

  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Director of photography

  • Michael Ballhaus

Assistant camera

  • Lothar Dreher

Lighting design

  • Honorat Stangl

Set design

  • Kurt Raab

Make-up artist

  • Sybille Danzer

Editing

  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  • Thea Eymèsz

Music

  • Peer Raben

Vocals

  • Hanna Schygulla
  • Günther Kaufmann

Lyrics

  • Ulli Lommel
  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Cast

  • Günther Kaufmann
    Whity
  • Ron Randell
    Mr. Nicholson
  • Hanna Schygulla
    Hanna
  • Katrin Schaake
    Katherine Nicholson
  • Harry Baer
    Davy
  • Ulli Lommel
    Frank Nicholson
  • Tomas Blanco
    Falscher Arzt
  • Stefano Capriati
    Richter
  • Elaine Baker
    Whitys Mutter
  • Mark Salvage
    Sheriff
  • Helga Ballhaus
    Frau des Richter
  • Kurt Raab
    Pianist
  • Peter Berling
    Barkeeper
  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder
    Gast im Saloon

Production company

  • Antiteater-X-Film GmbH (Feldkirchen)
  • Atlantis Film (München)

Producer

  • Ulli Lommel

Line producer

  • Peer Raben
  • Peter Berling

Unit production manager

  • Peter Berling

Location manager

  • Stefan Abendroth
  • Martin Köberle

Original distributor

  • Berliner Synchron GmbH (Berlin)

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

Additional 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
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