Passes the Bechdel test

Schindler's List

Name: Schindler's List
Released: 1994

1994. Directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Thomas Keneally and Steven Zaillian.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
32 women characters. 8 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 262.
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

Oskar Schindler is a vain and greedy German businessman who becomes an unlikely humanitarian amid the barbaric German Nazi reign when he feels compelled to turn his factory into a refuge for Jews. Based on the true story of Oskar Schindler who managed to save about 1100 Jews from being gassed at the Auschwitz concentration camp, it is a testament to the good in all of us.

Released: 04 Feb 1994
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
Rated: R
IMDb: 9 / 10
Metascore: 95 / 100
Awards: Won 7 Oscars. 91 wins & 49 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Schindler 301 lines, man
Goeth 76 lines, man
Stern 63 lines, man
Pfefferberg 29 lines, man
Goldberg 15 lines, man
Emilie 14 lines, woman
Scherner 11 lines, man
Clerk 10 lines, man
Lowenstein 7 lines, man
Rasch 7 lines, man

Full cast, 134 people

Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler
Ben Kingsley as Itzhak Stern
Ralph Fiennes as Amon Goeth
Caroline Goodall as Emilie Schindler
Jonathan Sagall as Poldek Pfefferberg
Embeth Davidtz as Helen Hirsch
Małgorzata Gebel as Viktoria Klonowska
Shmuel Levy as Wilek Chilowicz
Mark Ivanir as Marcel Goldberg
Béatrice Macola as Ingrid
Andrzej Seweryn as Julian Scherner
Friedrich von Thun as Rolf Czurda
Krzysztof Luft as Herman Toffel
Harry Nehring as Leo John
Norbert Weisser as Albert Hujar
Adi Nitzan as Mila Pfefferberg
Michael Schneider as Juda Dresner
Miri Fabian as Chaja Dresner
Anna Mucha as Danka Dresner
Albert Misak as Mordecai Wulkan
Michael Gordon as Mr. Nussbaum
Aldona Grochal as Mrs. Nussbaum
Jacek Wójcicki as Henry Rosner
Beata Paluch as Manci Rosner
Piotr Polk as Leo Rosner
Ezra Dagan as Rabbi Menasha Lewartow
Beata Deskur as Rebecca Tannenbaum
Rami Heuberger as Josef Bau
Leopold Kozłowski as Investor
Jerzy Nowak as Investor
Uri Avrahami as Chaim Nowak
Adam Siemion as OD/Chicken Boy
Magdalena Dandourian as Nuisa Horowitz
Paweł Deląg as Dolek Horowitz
Shabtai Konorti as Garage Mechanic
Oliwia Dabrowska as Red Genia
Henryk Bista as Mr. Löwenstein
Tadeusz Bradecki as DEF Foreman
Wojciech Klata as Lisiek
Elina Löwensohn as Diana Reiter
Ewa Kolasińska-Szramel as Irrational Woman
Bettina Kupfer as Regina Perlman
Grzegorz Kwas as Mietek Pemper
Vili Matula as Investigator
Stanislaw Koczanowicz as Doorman
Hans-Jörg Assmann as Julius Madritsch
Geno Lechner as Majola
August Schmölzer as Dieter Reeder
Ludger Pistor as Josef Liepold
Beata Rybotycka as Club Singer
Branko Lustig as Nightclub Maitre D'
Artus-Maria Matthiessen as Treblinka Commandant
Hans-Michael Rehberg as Rudolf Hoss
Eugeniusz Priwieziencew as Waiter
Michael Z. Hoffmann as Montelupich Colonel
Erwin Leder as SS Waffen Officer
Jochen Nickel as Wilhelm Kunde
Andrzej Welminski as Dr. Blancke
Daniel Del-Ponte as Josef Mengele
Marian Glinka as DEF SS Officer
Grzegorz Damięcki as SS Sergeant Kunder
Stanisław Brejdygant as DEF Guard
Olaf Lubaszenko as Auschwitz Guard
Haymon Maria Buttinger as Auschwitz Guard
Peter Appiano as Auschwitz Guard
Jacek Pulanecki as Brinnlitz Guard
Tomasz Dedek as Gestapo
Sławomir Holland as Gestapo
Martin Semmelrogge as SS Waffen Man
Tadeusz Huk as Gestapo Brinnitz
Alexander Held as SS Bureaucrat
Piotr Cyrwus as Ukrainian Guard
Joachim Paul Assböck as Klaus Tauber
Osman Ragheb as Border Guard
Maciej Orłoś as German Clerk
Marek Wrona as Toffel’s Secretary
Zbigniew Kozłowski as Scherner’s Secretary
Marcin Grzymowicz as Czurda’s Secretary
Dieter Witting as Bosch
Magdalena Komornicka as Goeth's Girl
Agnieszka Krukówna as Czurda’s Girl
Anemona Knut as Polish Girl
Jeremy Flynn as Brinnlitz Man
Agnieszka Wagner as Brinnlitz Girl
Jan Jurewicz as Russian Officer
Wiesław Komasa as Plaszow Depot SS Guard
Maciej Kozłowski as SS Guard Zablocie
Martin Bergmann as SS NCO Zablocie
Wilhelm Manske as SS NCO Ghetto
Peter Flechtner as SS NCO Ghetto
Sigurd Bemme as SS NCO Ghetto
Etl Szyc as Ghetto Woman
Lucyna Zabawa as Ghetto Woman
Ruth Farhi as Old Jewish Woman
Jerzy Sagan as Ghetto Old Man
Dariusz Szymaniak as Prisoner at Depot
Dirk Bender as Clerk at Depot
Maciej Winkler as Black Marketeer
Radosław Krzyżowski as Black Marketeer
Jacek Link-Lenczowski as Black Marketeer
Hanna Kossowska as Ghetto Doctor
Maja Ostaszewska as Frantic Woman
Sebastian Skalski as Stable Boy
Ryszard Radwański as Pankiewicz
Piotr Kadlcik as Man in Pharmacy
Lech Niebielski as NCO Plaszow
Thomas Morris as Grun
Sebastian Konrad as Engineer Man
Lidia Wyrobiec-Bank as Clara Sternberg
Ravit Ferera as Maria Mischel
Agnieszka Korzeniowska as Ghetto Girl
Dominika Bednarczyk as Ghetto Girl
Alicja Kubaszewska as Ghetto Girl
Danny Marcu as Ghetto Man
Hans Rosner as Ghetto Man
Edward Linde-Lubaszenko as Brinnlitz Priest
Alexander Strobele as Montelupich Prisoner
Georges Kern as Depot Master
Alexander Buczolich as Plaszow SS Guard
Michael Schiller as Plaszow SS Guard
Götz Otto as Plaszow SS Guard
Wolfgang Seidenberg as Plaszow SS Guard
Hubert Kramar as Plaszow SS Guard
Razia Israeli as Plaszow Jewish Girl
Dorit Seadia as Plaszow Jewish Girl
Esti Yerushalmi as Plaszow Jewish Girl
Marta Bizoń as Dancer (uncredited)
Maciej Kowalewski as Boy (uncredited)
Zuzanna Lipiec as Woman (uncredited)
Maria Peszek as Young Worker (uncredited)
Leopold Pfefferberg as Mourner (uncredited)
Leopold Rosner as Mourner (uncredited)
Emilie Schindler as Mourner (uncredited)
Katarzyna Śmiechowicz as German Girl (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 6 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 6% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 262

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 6	0	30
7 to 12	0	25
13 to 18	1	15
19 to 24	0	7
25 to 30	0	7
31 to 36	1	6
37 to 42	11	14
43 to 48	1	40
49 to 54	0	17
55 to 60	0	5
61 to 66	0	14
67 to 72	0	23
73 to 78	0	9
79 to 84	0	5
85 to 90	0	0
91 to 96	0	0
97 to 102	0	0
103 to 108	1	15
109 to 114	0	18
115 to 120	1	20
121 to 126	0	27
127 to 132	0	5
133 to 138	5	23
139 to 144	2	8
145 to 150	1	22
151 to 156	0	0
157 to 162	0	4
163 to 168	0	16
169 to 174	0	23
175 to 180	1	10
181 to 186	0	41
187 to 192	0	10
193 to 198	0	1
199 to 204	2	8
205 to 210	1	12
211 to 216	1	15
217 to 222	2	13
223 to 228	0	30
229 to 234	2	24
235 to 240	0	4
241 to 246	0	3
247 to 252	0	13
253 to 258	0	17
259 to 262	4	19

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.

KLONOWSKA: Goodbye. It was a pleasure meeting you. EMILIE: You've done well here.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 6 are women's.

37 lines from women, 618 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

32 women and 80 men in the cast. 8 women and 37 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 77 of 695. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 117 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 4% of the words (279), men 96% (6,897). Women have 6% of the lines, so their lines run shorter 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

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

2 of the 17 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 28% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Steven Spielberg (man)
Written by: Steven Zaillian (man)
From the novel by: Thomas Keneally (man)
Produced by: Steven Spielberg (man), Branko Lustig (man), Gerald R. Molen (man)
Shot by: Janusz Kamiński (man)
Edited by: Michael Kahn (man)
Music by: John Williams (man)
Production design by: Allan Starski (man)
Costumes by: Anna B. Sheppard (woman)
Cast by: Tova Cypin (gender not listed), Lucky Englander (gender not listed), Fritz Fleischhacker (man), Liat Meiron (gender not listed), Magdalena Szwarcbart (gender not listed), Juliet Taylor (woman)