---
title: 'Whity (1971)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Rainer Werner Fassbinder'
released: '1971-06-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Western'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/whity-1971'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067979/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Whity (1971)

1971 · 95 min · Drama, Western · Germany


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Ulli Lommel](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulli-lommel), [Peter Berling](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-berling), [Peer Raben](https://cinepixo.com/people/peer-raben)
- **Director:** [Rainer Werner Fassbinder](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-werner-fassbinder)
- **Screenplay:** [Rainer Werner Fassbinder](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-werner-fassbinder), [Thea Eymèsz](https://cinepixo.com/people/thea-eymesz)
- **Editor:** [Rainer Werner Fassbinder](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-werner-fassbinder), [Thea Eymèsz](https://cinepixo.com/people/thea-eymesz)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Peer Raben](https://cinepixo.com/people/peer-raben)
- **Director of Photography:** [Michael Ballhaus](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-ballhaus)

## Cast

- [Ron Randell](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-randell)
- [Katrin Schaake](https://cinepixo.com/people/katrin-schaake)
- [Harry Baer](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-baer)
- [Günther Kaufmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-kaufmann)
- [Helga Ballhaus](https://cinepixo.com/people/helga-ballhaus)
- [Kurt Raab](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-raab)
- [Juan Gallardo Muñoz](https://cinepixo.com/people/juan-gallardo-munoz)
- [Ulli Lommel](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulli-lommel)
- [Hanna Schygulla](https://cinepixo.com/people/hanna-schygulla)
- [Rainer Werner Fassbinder](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-werner-fassbinder)
- [Peter Berling](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-berling)
- [Tomás Blanco](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomas-blanco)

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