The Godfather (1972) — QuantCinema

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CAST · THE GODFATHER

Faces & feelings

Per-character screen time, dialogue and emotion breakdown — derived from face recognition + expression classifier across every frame.

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Faces detected

56,130

across full runtime

Named matches

14

actors identified

Close-up shots

17.2%

of all framed shots

Smile rate

9.0%

frames with detected joy

Gender split

79%

21%

M / F · screen-time weighted

Dominant emotion

Neutral 46%

film-wide aggregate

Most expressive

Sterling Hayden

86% non-neutral

Lead screen share

22%

14 tracked characters

Overall emotion distribution

7 emotions · all characters · screen-time weighted

Happy

9.0%

5,045 frames

Surprise

3.5%

1,975 frames

Neutral

45.5%

25,563 frames

Fear

8.6%

4,809 frames

Sad

15.2%

8,547 frames

Angry

15.2%

8,545 frames

Disgust

2.9%

1,646 frames

Screen time by actor

14 named · 98m tracked of 177.2m

01

Marlon Brando

as Don Vito Corleone · 3085 scenes

21.4min · 22% of cast

sad

02

Al Pacino

as Michael Corleone · 2818 scenes

19.6min · 20% of cast

neutral

03

Robert Duvall

as Tom Hagen · 2756 scenes

19.2min · 20% of cast

angry

04

James Caan

as Sonny Corleone · 1564 scenes

10.9min · 11% of cast

neutral

05

Richard S. Castellano

as Clemenza · 860 scenes

6.0min · 6% of cast

sad

06

Al Lettieri

as Sollozzo · 649 scenes

4.5min · 5% of cast

angry

07

John Cazale

as Fredo Corleone · 648 scenes

4.5min · 5% of cast

neutral

08

Abe Vigoda

as Sal Tessio · 610 scenes

4.2min · 4% of cast

angry

09

Diane Keaton

as Kay Adams · 341 scenes

2.4min · 2% of cast

neutral

10

Richard Conte

as Barzini · 277 scenes

1.9min · 2% of cast

sad

11

John Marley

as Jack Woltz · 254 scenes

1.8min · 2% of cast

angry

12

Sterling Hayden

as Captain McCluskey · 109 scenes

0.8min · 1% of cast

sad

13

Talia Shire

as Connie Corleone Rizzi · 106 scenes

0.7min · 1% of cast

sad

14

Gianni Russo

as Carlo Rizzi · 6 scenes

0.0min · 0% of cast

angry

Dialogue by character

words spoken · WPM · share of total dialogue

NOTE — speaker matching uses face-detection overlap; actors not recognized by the AI appear as unidentified.

Actor / Character	Words spoken	WPM	% of dialogue
Al Pacino as Michael Corleone	3,051	173.4	24.3%
Richard S. Castellano as Clemenza	2,696	255.5	21.5%
Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone	2,113	142.8	16.9%
James Caan as Sonny Corleone	845	164.9	6.7%
John Cazale as Fredo Corleone	817	210.6	6.5%
Al Lettieri as Sollozzo	656	215.2	5.2%
Diane Keaton as Kay Adams	627	48.5	5.0%
John Marley as Jack Woltz	503	207.5	4.0%
Abe Vigoda as Sal Tessio	363	180.4	2.9%
Richard Conte as Barzini	267	233.5	2.1%
Talia Shire as Connie Corleone Rizzi	217	100.7	1.7%
Unidentified speakers	178	—	1.4%
Sterling Hayden as Captain McCluskey	117	294	0.9%
Robert Duvall as Tom Hagen	85	245.1	0.7%

Cast profiles

arc · volatility · emotion breakdown per actor

DV

Marlon Brando

AS DON VITO CORLEONE

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

21m 27s

Scenes

3085

First seen

4:07

Last seen

152:29

Volatility

24 Low

Emotional arc — 30 segments~6m per bucket

00:0044m88m132m177.2m

2%

Happy

0%

Surprise

3%

Neutral

2%

Fear

54%

Sad

35%

Angry

5%

Disgust

MC

Al Pacino

AS MICHAEL CORLEONE

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

19m 35s

Scenes

2818

First seen

14:00

Last seen

173:00

Volatility

28 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~6m per bucket

00:0044m88m132m177.2m

1%

Happy

2%

Surprise

47%

Neutral

1%

Fear

21%

Sad

21%

Angry

8%

Disgust

TH

Robert Duvall

AS TOM HAGEN

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

19m 10s

Scenes

2756

First seen

5:58

Last seen

168:44

Volatility

32 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~6m per bucket

00:0044m88m132m177.2m

2%

Happy

1%

Surprise

19%

Neutral

3%

Fear

17%

Sad

54%

Angry

4%

Disgust

SC

James Caan

AS SONNY CORLEONE

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

10m 52s

Scenes

1564

First seen

5:57

Last seen

118:06

Volatility

34 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~6m per bucket

00:0044m88m132m177.2m

7%

Happy

4%

Surprise

38%

Neutral

2%

Fear

11%

Sad

32%

Angry

6%

Disgust

C

Richard S. Castellano

AS CLEMENZA

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

5m 59s

Scenes

860

First seen

8:45

Last seen

168:13

Volatility

39 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~6m per bucket

00:0044m88m132m177.2m

3%

Happy

2%

Surprise

21%

Neutral

8%

Fear

42%

Sad

15%

Angry

8%

Disgust

S

Al Lettieri

AS SOLLOZZO

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

4m 31s

Scenes

649

First seen

35:05

Last seen

89:22

Volatility

40 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~6m per bucket

00:0044m88m132m177.2m

1%

Happy

9%

Surprise

7%

Neutral

24%

Fear

17%

Sad

33%

Angry

9%

Disgust

FC

John Cazale

AS FREDO CORLEONE

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

4m 30s

Scenes

648

First seen

7:45

Last seen

145:48

Volatility

29 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~6m per bucket

00:0044m88m132m177.2m

3%

Happy

1%

Surprise

47%

Neutral

2%

Fear

15%

Sad

28%

Angry

4%

Disgust

ST

Abe Vigoda

AS SAL TESSIO

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

4m 14s

Scenes

610

First seen

8:51

Last seen

164:34

Volatility

26 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~6m per bucket

00:0044m88m132m177.2m

13%

Happy

0%

Surprise

15%

Neutral

4%

Fear

21%

Sad

42%

Angry

5%

Disgust

KA

Diane Keaton

AS KAY ADAMS

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

2m 22s

Scenes

341

First seen

13:46

Last seen

173:03

Volatility

29 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~6m per bucket

00:0044m88m132m177.2m

20%

Happy

0%

Surprise

36%

Neutral

6%

Fear

31%

Sad

1%

Angry

6%

Disgust

B

Richard Conte

AS BARZINI

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

1m 56s

Scenes

277

First seen

8:60

Last seen

161:31

Volatility

26 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~6m per bucket

00:0044m88m132m177.2m

5%

Happy

0%

Surprise

12%

Neutral

0%

Fear

49%

Sad

27%

Angry

7%

Disgust

JW

John Marley

AS JACK WOLTZ

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

1m 46s

Scenes

254

First seen

28:06

Last seen

34:08

Volatility

20 Low

Emotional arc — 30 segments~6m per bucket

00:0044m88m132m177.2m

6%

Happy

8%

Surprise

16%

Neutral

1%

Fear

12%

Sad

56%

Angry

2%

Disgust

CM

Sterling Hayden

AS CAPTAIN MCCLUSKEY

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

0m 46s

Scenes

109

First seen

69:03

Last seen

89:31

Volatility

48 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~6m per bucket

00:0044m88m132m177.2m

0%

Happy

0%

Surprise

14%

Neutral

9%

Fear

40%

Sad

24%

Angry

13%

Disgust

CC

Talia Shire

AS CONNIE CORLEONE RIZZI

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

0m 44s

Scenes

106

First seen

7:47

Last seen

170:09

Volatility

26 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~6m per bucket

00:0044m88m132m177.2m

18%

Happy

1%

Surprise

21%

Neutral

0%

Fear

44%

Sad

13%

Angry

3%

Disgust

CR

Gianni Russo

AS CARLO RIZZI

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

0m 02s

Scenes

6

First seen

138:37

Last seen

162:46

Too few detections for emotion analysis

Speaker diarization

talk-time · turns · pacing per speaker

Talk-time share · 15 clusterssums to 99.9% of all dialogue

Pacino 22.8%

Castellano 13.7%

Brando 19.2%

Keaton 16.8%

First-word entry · per speakerdot = first line · trail = on-screen window · 9 ensemble

0:0044:1888:36132:54177:12

runtime

Marlon Brando

1:17enter

James Caan

7:56enter

Diane Keaton

8:09enter

Abe Vigoda

9:24enter

Richard S. Castellano

9:25enter

John Cazale

10:09enter

Talia Shire

10:14enter

Robert Duvall

11:49enter

Al Pacino

13:56enter

John Marley

23:08enter

Al Lettieri

36:12enter

Richard Conte

56:02enter

Sterling Hayden

69:14enter

SPEAKER 08

97:46enter

SPEAKER 32

123:24enter

Al PacinoSPEAKER 14

Rapid exchange

22.8%

of all dialogue · 3,051 words · 17:36 spoken

WPM173.4

Turns653

Avg turn1.4s

Longest15.5s

enters at 13:56profanity 3

Richard S. CastellanoSPEAKER 22

Rapid exchange

13.7%

of all dialogue · 2,696 words · 10:33 spoken

WPM255.5

Turns419

Avg turn1.5s

Longest15.3s

enters at 9:25profanity 10

Marlon BrandoSPEAKER 11

Rapid exchange

19.2%

of all dialogue · 2,113 words · 14:48 spoken

WPM142.8

Turns424

Avg turn1.4s

Longest8.5s

enters at 1:17profanity 2

James CaanSPEAKER 16

Rapid exchange

6.6%

of all dialogue · 845 words · 5:08 spoken

WPM164.9

Turns160

Avg turn1.4s

Longest19.1s

enters at 7:56profanity 9

John CazaleSPEAKER 18

Rapid exchange

5.0%

of all dialogue · 817 words · 3:53 spoken

WPM210.6

Turns153

Avg turn1.3s

Longest5.4s

enters at 10:09profanity 1

Al LettieriSPEAKER 25

Rapid exchange

4.0%

of all dialogue · 656 words · 3:03 spoken

WPM215.2

Turns160

Avg turn1.2s

Longest3.9s

enters at 36:12profanity 0

Diane KeatonSPEAKER 15

Rapid exchange

16.8%

of all dialogue · 627 words · 12:56 spoken

WPM48.5

Turns343

Avg turn1.0s

Longest9.4s

enters at 8:09profanity 2

John MarleySPEAKER 20

Brief

3.1%

of all dialogue · 503 words · 2:25 spoken

WPM207.5

Turns68

Avg turn1.9s

Longest11.4s

enters at 23:08profanity 4

Abe VigodaSPEAKER 03

Conversational

2.6%

of all dialogue · 363 words · 2:01 spoken

WPM180.4

Turns103

Avg turn1.5s

Longest5.9s

enters at 9:24profanity 3

Richard ConteSPEAKER 02

Brief

1.5%

of all dialogue · 267 words · 1:09 spoken

WPM233.5

Turns44

Avg turn1.6s

Longest5.0s

enters at 56:02profanity 0

Talia ShireSPEAKER 35

Brief

2.8%

of all dialogue · 217 words · 2:09 spoken

WPM100.7

Turns73

Avg turn1.4s

Longest6.2s

enters at 10:14profanity 1

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 08 · unmatched

Brief

0.8%

of all dialogue · 142 words · 0:35 spoken

WPM245.1

Turns34

Avg turn1.1s

Longest2.7s

enters at 97:46profanity 0

Sterling HaydenSPEAKER 33

Brief

0.5%

of all dialogue · 117 words · 0:24 spoken

WPM294

Turns33

Avg turn1.0s

Longest4.5s

enters at 69:14profanity 1

Robert DuvallSPEAKER 07

Brief

0.4%

of all dialogue · 85 words · 0:21 spoken

WPM245.1

Turns13

Avg turn1.6s

Longest4.2s

enters at 11:49profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 32 · unmatched

Brief

0.1%

of all dialogue · 36 words · 0:07 spoken

WPM321.4

Turns8

Avg turn2.1s

Longest7.8s

enters at 123:24profanity 0

AGGREGATE — 14 unique characters · 56,130 faces detected · 14 named matches · 98m screen-time tracked