Is Whity easy watching?

No. Less comforting than 92% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes, very. More sad than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Whity end with hope?

No. Less hopeful than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More frightening than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More violent than 80% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Whity

Name: Whity
Genre: Western, Drama
Released: 1971
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 5.4
Cast: Günther Kaufmann, Ulli Lommel, Harry Baer, Hanna Schygulla, Ron Randell

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Produced by Atlantis-Film, Antiteater-X-Film

197195 min5.4 / 10

A dark, morally complex Western that uses a dysfunctional family's cruelty toward their enslaved butler to explore complicity, degradation, and the corruption of power.

"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.

Clusters

Depression and Complicity Family and Marriage Problems LGBTQ Movies Blue-Collar Jobs U S States And Regions

Genres

Western Drama

Keywords

Butler Dysfunctional Family Male Homosexuality Southwestern U.s.Whipping 19th Century Gay Theme

Questions people ask

Is Whity easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.
Is Whity sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.
Does Whity end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.
Is Whity scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.
Is Whity violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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