Passes the Bechdel test

The Teachers' Lounge

Name: The Teachers' Lounge
Released: 2023

2023. Directed by Ilker Çatak, written by Ilker Çatak and Johannes Duncker.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
16 women characters. 11 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 11 scenes out of 65.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.

The film

When her money kept in the teachers' lounge is stolen, Carla a teacher of the school decides to investigate. She faces objections from her colleagues but continues nevertheless little knowing that this would the beginning of serious problems for her.

Released: 04 May 2023
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 7.4 / 10
Metascore: 82 / 100
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 13 wins & 25 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Carla 382 lines, woman
Friederike Kuhn 66 lines, woman
Thomas Liebenwerda 65 lines, man
Oskar 50 lines, man
Milosz Dudek 39 lines, man
Krissi 20 lines, woman
Tom 19 lines
Lore Semnik 17 lines, woman
Hatice 14 lines, woman
Jenny 13 lines, woman

Full cast, 45 people

Leonie Benesch as Carla Nowak
Leonard Stettnisch as Oskar
Eva Löbau as Friederike Kuhn
Michael Klammer as Thomas Liebenwerda
Rafael Stachowiak as Milosz Dudek
Sarah Bauerett as Vanessa König
Kathrin Wehlisch as Lore Semnik
Anne-Kathrin Gummich as Dr. Bettina Böhm
Katharina M. Schubert as Mrs. Haubrichs
Uygar Tamer as Mrs. Yılmaz
Özgür Karadeniz as Mr. Yılmaz
Tim Porath as Mr. Nauhaus
Kersten Reimann as Mr. Stahlmann
Katinka Auberger as Maren Firouza
Canan Samadi as Mariam Irfan
Benjamin Bishop as Tim Boyle
Henriette Sievers as Teacher with Coffee
Johanna Götting as Krissi
Jade Nadarajah as Mitra
Goya Rego as Paul
Yaw Boah-Amponsem as Yaw
Oskar Zickur as Lukas
Antonia Luise Krämer as Jenny
Elsa Krieger as Hatice
Vincent Stachowiak as Tom
Can Rodenbostel as Ali
Padmé Hamdemir as Jieun
Lisa Marie Trense as Luise
Lotta Wriedt as Vera
Nelson Pres as Nelson
Josefine Jahn as Josefine
Lewe Wagner as Markus
Mikail Osanmaz as Mikail
Ruben Kupisch as Ruben
Emma Phu as Emma
Klara Lindner-Figura as Klara
Enno Hoppe as Enno
Ruby L. Kauka as Ruby
Solomon Röthig as Solomon
Zayana Mielke as Zayana
Phileas Spallek as Phileas
Ela Eroğlu as Ela
Jonas Albrecht as Jonas
Maria Guk as Schülerin
Florian Weber as Lehrer

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 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 65

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 2	5	0
3 to 4	9	14
5 to 6	37	16
7 to 8	9	12
9 to 10	37	2
11 to 12	23	0
13 to 14	23	3
15 to 16	14	9
17 to 18	6	5
19 to 20	0	0
21 to 22	42	0
23 to 24	0	0
25 to 26	14	2
27 to 28	14	7
29 to 30	33	6
31 to 32	8	13
33 to 34	38	4
35 to 36	20	7
37 to 38	30	22
39 to 40	23	16
41 to 42	43	12
43 to 44	32	6
45 to 46	20	4
47 to 48	14	8
49 to 50	5	4
51 to 52	16	0
53 to 54	9	22
55 to 56	19	1
57 to 58	2	0
59 to 60	3	2
61 to 62	23	6
63 to 64	1	0
65 to 65	0	0

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scenes

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

CARLA: Good. So you know know what happened. JENNY: Yeah, but we told them we don't know anything.

JENNY: Hey. CARLA: Then you don't have to, Lukas.

CARLA: What do you all say? JENNY: Makes sense. CARLA: Makes sense, doesn't it? Hatice? HATICE: I still don't really get it.

FRIEDERIKE KUHN: And you? KRISSI: I'm good. FRIEDERIKE KUHN: How many?

FRIEDERIKE KUHN: Bye. CARLA: Ms. Kuhn? FRIEDERIKE KUHN: Yes? CARLA: My login details?

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 74 are women's.

572 lines from women, 203 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

16 women and 11 men in the cast. 11 women and 7 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

A woman speaks the first line. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 7 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 74% of the words (4,417), men 26% (1,564).

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

5 of the 12 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 37% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: İlker Çatak (man)
Written by: Johannes Duncker (man), İlker Çatak (man)
Produced by: Ingo Fliess (man)
Shot by: Judith Kaufmann (woman)
Edited by: Gesa Jäger (woman)
Music by: Marvin Miller (man)
Production design by: Zazie Knepper (woman)
Costumes by: Christian Röhrs (man)
Cast by: Patrick Dreikauss (man), Alexandra Montag (woman), Simone Bär (woman)