Fails the Bechdel test
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014. Directed by Wes Anderson, written by Stefan Zweig and Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
2 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
9 women characters. 5 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
Women do talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
This movie recounts the adventures of M. Gustave, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune - all against the backdrop of a suddenly and dramatically changing continent.
- Released
- 28 Mar 2014
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 8.1 / 10
- Metascore
- 88 / 100
- Awards
- Won 4 Oscars. 137 wins & 227 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- M. Gustave 128 lines, man
- Zero 96 lines, man
- Mr. Moustafa 44 lines, man
- Author 37 lines, man
- Henckels 24 lines, man
- Dmitri 23 lines, man
- Deputy Kovacs 15 lines, man
- Agatha 14 lines, woman
- Serge 11 lines, man
- Ludwig 10 lines, man
Full cast, 98 people
- Ralph Fiennes as M. Gustave
- F. Murray Abraham as Mr. Moustafa
- Tony Revolori as Zero
- Adrien Brody as Dmitri
- Willem Dafoe as Jopling
- Mathieu Amalric as Serge X.
- Jeff Goldblum as Deputy Kovacs
- Harvey Keitel as Ludwig
- Jude Law as Young Author
- Bill Murray as M. Ivan
- Edward Norton as Henckels
- Saoirse Ronan as Agatha
- Jason Schwartzman as M. Jean
- Léa Seydoux as Clotilde
- Tilda Swinton as Madame D.
- Tom Wilkinson as Author
- Owen Wilson as M. Chuck
- Larry Pine as Mr. Mosher
- Giselda Volodi as Serge's Sister
- Florian Lukas as Pinky
- Karl Markovics as Wolf
- Volker Michalowski as Günther
- Neal Huff as Lieutenant
- Bob Balaban as M. Martin
- Fisher Stevens as M. Robin
- Wallace Wolodarsky as M. Georges
- Waris Ahluwalia as M. Dino
- Jella Niemann as Student
- Marcel Mazur as Author's Grandson
- Robert Bienas as Alpine Hiker
- Manfred Lindner as Front Desk (1968)
- Oliver Claridge as Composer
- Bernhard Kremser as Businessman
- Kunichi Nomura as Actor
- Sister Anna Rademacher as Nun
- Heinz-Werner Jeschkowski as Bather
- Steffen Scheumann as Head Waiter (1968)
- Sabine Euler as Schoolteacher
- Renate Klein as Widow
- Uwe Holoubek as Second Waiter (1968)
- Francesco Zippel as Footman (1932)
- Enrico Hoffmann as Footman (1932)
- Daniel Steiner as Anatole
- Marie Goyette as Housekeeper (1932)
- Hendrik von Bültzingslöwen as Ernst
- Paul Schlase as Igor
- Jenő Orosz as Doorman (1932)
- Gyula Lukács as Doorman (1932)
- Darin Damjanow as Chauffeur
- Dar Ronge as Crippled Shoeshine Boy
- Georg Rittmannsperger as Front Desk (1932)
- Dirk Bossmann as Front Desk (1932)
- Arwin Lobedann as Front Desk (1932)
- Robin Hurlstone as Herr Schneider
- Jutta Westphal as Frau Liebling
- Matthias Holfert as Chef (1932)
- Lisa Kreuzer as Grande Dame
- Gisela Bech as Grande Dame
- Birgit Müller as Grande Dame
- Ursula Kuhnt as Grande Dame
- Monika Krüger as Grande Dame
- Wolfram Nielacny as Herr Becker
- Reinhold Hegelow as Head Waiter (1932)
- Steffen Nixdorf as Second Waiter (1932)
- Rainer Reiners as Herr Mendl
- Milton Welsh as Franz
- Piet Paes as Taxi Driver
- Michaela Caspar as Marguerite
- Sabine Urig as Laetizia
- Heike Hanold-Lynch as Carolina
- Roy Macready as Old Man
- John Peet as Young Man
- Carl Sprague as Distant Relation
- Golo Euler as Lutz Police Militia
- Jürgen Schwämmle as Lutz Police Militia
- Frank Jacob as Giant Convict
- Roman Berger as Parcel Inspector
- Michael Benthin as Snitch
- Matthias Matschke as Prison Guard
- Lennart Meyer as Lobby Boy
- Alfred Hänel as Lobby Boy
- Manpreet Gerlach as Lobby Boy
- David Adamik as Lobby Boy
- Moritz Hepper as Lobby Boy
- David Cioffi as Cook
- Lucas Hedges as Pump Attendant
- Wolfgang Czeczor as Monk
- Philipp Sonntag as Monk
- Hans Martin Stier as Monk
- Georg Tryphon as Monk
- Gabriel Rush as Otto
- Hannes Wegener as Soldier
- Gerald Sullivan as Soldier
- Oliver Hazell as Soldier
- Ben Howard as Soldier
- Bohumil Váchal as Judge
- Marko Dyrlich as Zig-Zag
- Ed Munro as 'Boy with Apple' (model)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 1% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 77
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 to 8 | 6 | 50 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 to 12 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 to 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 to 18 | 2 | 32 |
| 19 to 20 | 2 | 27 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 8 |
| 23 to 24 | 0 | 17 |
| 25 to 26 | 0 | 5 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 24 |
| 29 to 30 | 4 | 31 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 2 |
| 33 to 34 | 3 | 11 |
| 35 to 36 | 5 | 7 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 to 40 | 0 | 1 |
| 41 to 42 | 0 | 1 |
| 43 to 44 | 0 | 3 |
| 45 to 46 | 0 | 29 |
| 47 to 48 | 0 | 7 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 4 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 3 |
| 53 to 54 | 0 | 6 |
| 55 to 56 | 4 | 18 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 7 |
| 59 to 60 | 0 | 3 |
| 61 to 62 | 0 | 8 |
| 63 to 64 | 0 | 3 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 17 |
| 67 to 68 | 1 | 14 |
| 69 to 70 | 3 | 31 |
| 71 to 72 | 0 | 4 |
| 73 to 74 | 1 | 12 |
| 75 to 76 | 0 | 16 |
| 77 to 77 | 0 | 1 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 7 are women's.
31 lines from women, 445 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
9 women and 51 men in the cast. 5 women and 28 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 40 of 483.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 86 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 3% of the words (655), men 97% (18,595). Women have 7% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
Exhibit D: 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
2
Two men
16
Exhibit E: behind the camera
5 of the 19 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 40% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Wes Anderson (man)
- Written by
- Wes Anderson (man)
- Story by
- Hugo Guinness (man), Wes Anderson (man)
- Produced by
- Scott Rudin (man), Jeremy Dawson (man), Steven M. Rales (man), Wes Anderson (man)
- Shot by
- Robert D. Yeoman (man)
- Edited by
- Barney Pilling (man)
- Music by
- Alexandre Desplat (man)
- Production design by
- Adam Stockhausen (man), Nathan Parker (gender not listed)
- Costumes by
- Milena Canonero (woman)
- Cast by
- Alexandra Montag (woman), Douglas Aibel (man), Jina Jay (woman), Simone Bär (woman), Antoinette Boulat (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
7 women, 9 men, 3 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
13 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
-
Art
2 women, 7 men, 7 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 6 men, 1 not listed
-
Other crew
2 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
-
Directing
1 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
-
Camera
0 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
-
Writing
0 women, 4 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Men: 53 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Men
Tony Revolori 17, Adrien Brody 40, Jude Law 41, Mathieu Amalric 48, Ralph Fiennes 51, Willem Dafoe 58, Jeff Goldblum 61, Bill Murray 63, F. Murray Abraham 74, Harvey Keitel 74
Exhibit G: the money
It made 5.8 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $30 million
- Box office
- $175 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 77 scenes and 483 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
