Whity

Whity
DVD cover
Directed byRainer Werner Fassbinder
Written byRainer Werner Fassbinder
Produced by
StarringGünther Kaufmann
Hanna Schygulla
CinematographyMichael Ballhaus
Edited by
  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  • Thea Eymèsz
Music byPeer Raben
Release date
  • 2 June 1971 (1971-06-02) (Berlinale)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryWest Germany
Languages
  • German
  • English

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.