Passes the Bechdel test
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010. Directed by David Yates, written by Steve Kloves and J.K. Rowling.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
36 women characters. 17 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 166. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
Harry, Ron and Hermione set out on their perilous mission to track down and destroy the secret to Voldemort's immortality and destruction—the Horcruxes. On their own, without the guidance of their professors or the protection of Professor Dumbledore, the three friends must now rely on one another more than ever. But there are Dark Forces in their midst that threaten to tear them apart. Harry's only hope is to find the Horcruxes before Voldemort finds him, but as he searches for clues, he uncovers an old and almost forgotten tale—the legend of the Deathly Hallows.
- Released
- 19 Nov 2010
- Genres
- Adventure, Family, Fantasy
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 7.7 / 10
- Metascore
- 65 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 16 wins & 55 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Harry 251 lines, man
- Hermione 213 lines, woman
- Ron 140 lines, man
- Voldemort 27 lines, man
- Xenophilius Lovegood 25 lines, man
- Reg Cattermole/Ron 21 lines, man
- Albert Runcorn/Harry 18 lines, man
- Mad-Eye 18 lines, man
- Scrimgeour 14 lines, man
- Arthur Weasley 12 lines, man
Full cast, 106 people
- Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
- Emma Watson as Hermione Granger
- Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley
- Toby Jones as Dobby (voice)
- Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange
- Alan Rickman as Severus Snape
- Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort
- Bill Nighy as Rufus Scrimgeour
- Simon McBurney as Kreacher (voice)
- Rhys Ifans as Xenophilius Lovegood
- Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood
- Andy Linden as Mundungus Fletcher
- Guy Henry as Pius Thicknesse
- Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy
- Brendan Gleeson as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
- John Hurt as Ollivander
- Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid
- David Thewlis as Remus Lupin
- Richard Griffiths as Vernon Dursley
- Julie Walters as Molly Weasley
- Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore
- Warwick Davis as Griphook
- Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge
- Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy
- Timothy Spall as Peter Pettigrew
- Fiona Shaw as Petunia Dursley
- Dave Legeno as Fenrir Greyback
- Helen McCrory as Narcissa Malfoy
- Nick Moran as Scabior
- Peter Mullan as Corban Yaxley
- David O'Hara as Albert Runcorn
- Clémence Poésy as Fleur Delacour
- Natalia Tena as Nymphadora Tonks
- Mark Williams as Arthur Weasley
- Bonnie Wright as Ginny Weasley
- Harry Melling as Dudley Dursley
- Ian Kelly as Mr. Granger
- Michelle Fairley as Mrs. Granger
- Carolyn Pickles as Charity Burbage
- Graham Duff as Death Eater
- Arben Bajraktaraj as Antonin Dolohov
- Rod Hunt as Thorfinn Rowle
- Suzie Toase as Alecto Carrow
- Ralph Ineson as Amycus Carrow
- Adrian Annis as Death Eater
- Emil Hostina as Death Eater
- Paul Khanna as Death Eater
- Richard Strange as Death Eater
- Anthony John Crocker as Death Eater
- Peter G. Reed as Death Eater
- Granville Saxton as Death Eater
- Judith Sharp as Death Eater
- Ashley McGuire as Death Eater
- Penelope McGhie as Death Eater
- Bob Yves Van Hellenberg Hubar as Death Eater
- Tony Kirwood as Death Eater
- David Ryall as Elphias Doge
- James Phelps as Fred Weasley
- Oliver Phelps as George Weasley
- George Harris as Kingsley Shacklebolt
- Domhnall Gleeson as Bill Weasley
- Frances de la Tour as Olympe Maxime
- Matyelok Gibbs as Auntie Muriel
- Eva Alexander as Waitress
- Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom
- Jon Campling as Death Eater
- Devon Murray as Seamus Finnigan
- William Melling as Nigel Wolpert
- Simon Grover as Death Eater
- Freddie Stroma as Cormac McLaggen
- Isabella Laughland as Leanne
- Jessie Cave as Lavender Brown
- Anna Shaffer as Romilda Vane
- Josh Herdman as Gregory Goyle
- Amber Evans as Twin Girl 1
- Ruby Evans as Twin Girl 2
- Katie Leung as Cho Chang
- Georgina Leonidas as Katie Bell
- Louis Cordice as Blaise Zabini
- Scarlett Hefner as Pansy Parkinson
- Afshan Azad as Padma Patil
- Steffan Rhodri as Reginald Cattermole
- Sophie Thompson as Mafalda Hopkirk
- Daniel Tuite as Skinny Ministry Wizard
- Daisy Haggard as Ministry Lift (voice)
- George Potts as Balding Wizard
- Rose Keegan as Red Haired Witch
- Ned Dennehy as Scared Man
- Kate Fleetwood as Mary Cattermole
- Daniel Hill as Bushy Haired Muttering Wizard
- Rade Šerbedžija as Mykew Gregorovitch
- Jamie Campbell Bower as Young Grindelwald
- Hazel Douglas as Bathilda Bagshot
- Adrian Rawlins as James Potter
- Geraldine Somerville as Lily Potter
- Miranda Richardson as Rita Skeeter
- Michael Byrne as Gellert Grindelwald
- Samuel Roukin as Snatcher
- Toby Regbo as Young Albus Dumbledore (uncredited)
- Lewis Young as Snatcher (uncredited)
- Regé-Jean Page as Wedding Guest
- Chase Armitage as Snatcher (uncredited)
- John Snowden as Wizard (uncredited)
- Nathan Robinson as Mudblood
- Augustina Amoa as Parent
- Lily Bertrand-Webb as Cho's Friend (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 2% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 166
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 7 | 3 |
| 5 to 8 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 to 12 | 3 | 29 |
| 13 to 16 | 4 | 16 |
| 17 to 20 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 to 24 | 5 | 45 |
| 25 to 28 | 4 | 8 |
| 29 to 32 | 4 | 33 |
| 33 to 36 | 0 | 19 |
| 37 to 40 | 8 | 34 |
| 41 to 44 | 19 | 34 |
| 45 to 48 | 14 | 27 |
| 49 to 52 | 0 | 1 |
| 53 to 56 | 6 | 4 |
| 57 to 60 | 6 | 26 |
| 61 to 64 | 0 | 2 |
| 65 to 68 | 3 | 2 |
| 69 to 72 | 9 | 24 |
| 73 to 76 | 3 | 16 |
| 77 to 80 | 5 | 11 |
| 81 to 84 | 2 | 6 |
| 85 to 88 | 13 | 19 |
| 89 to 92 | 18 | 26 |
| 93 to 96 | 4 | 10 |
| 97 to 100 | 14 | 13 |
| 101 to 104 | 0 | 0 |
| 105 to 108 | 2 | 5 |
| 109 to 112 | 3 | 12 |
| 113 to 116 | 20 | 31 |
| 117 to 120 | 1 | 1 |
| 121 to 124 | 0 | 1 |
| 125 to 128 | 12 | 11 |
| 129 to 132 | 11 | 9 |
| 133 to 136 | 6 | 10 |
| 137 to 140 | 2 | 1 |
| 141 to 144 | 6 | 3 |
| 145 to 148 | 18 | 19 |
| 149 to 152 | 17 | 71 |
| 153 to 156 | 3 | 11 |
| 157 to 160 | 23 | 50 |
| 161 to 164 | 3 | 26 |
| 165 to 166 | 3 | 2 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scene
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
HERMIONE: Not long. BELLATRIX: Show me.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 29 are women's.
281 lines from women, 678 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
36 women and 65 men in the cast. 17 women and 37 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 3 of 983.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 42 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 30% of the words (2,997), men 70% (6,969). Women have 29% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.
Exhibit E: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
5
Two men
92
Exhibit F: behind the camera
4 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 39% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- David Yates (man)
- Written by
- Steve Kloves (man)
- From the novel by
- J.K. Rowling (woman)
- Produced by
- David Barron (man), David Heyman (man), J.K. Rowling (woman)
- Shot by
- Eduardo Serra (man)
- Edited by
- Mark Day (man)
- Music by
- Alexandre Desplat (man)
- Production design by
- Stuart Craig (man)
- Costumes by
- Jany Temime (woman)
- Cast by
- Fiona Weir (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
23 women, 13 men, 1 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
7 women, 9 men, 16 not listed
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Visual Effects
6 women, 15 men, 8 not listed
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Art
4 women, 9 men, 7 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 11 men, 5 not listed
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Production
3 women, 6 men, 1 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 4 men, 1 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 2 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 32 on average. Men: 44 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Emma Watson 20, Helena Bonham Carter 44
Men
Daniel Radcliffe 21, Rupert Grint 22, Rhys Ifans 43, Toby Jones 44, Ralph Fiennes 47, Simon McBurney 53, Bill Nighy 60, Alan Rickman 64
Exhibit H: the money
It made 3.8 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $250 million
- Box office
- $954 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 166 scenes and 983 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
