The Grand Budapest Hotel
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The Grand Budapest Hotel

Character Analysis

26,876
Faces Detected
15
Named Actors
0.6%
Close-up Shots
7.3%
Smile Rate
91% M / 8% F
Gender Split
Neutral
Dominant Emotion
Harvey
Most Expressive
46%
Lead Screen Share

Face recognition uses ArcFace + TMDB headshots — accuracy varies for actors in heavy makeup or costumes.

Screen Time by Actor

Bar color represents dominant emotion

Dialogue by Character

Speaker matching uses face detection overlap — actors not recognized by the AI appear as unidentified.

Words spoken — grey bar represents dialogue not matched to a named actor

Cast Profiles

Ralph Fiennes

as M. Gustave

24.7 min

3559

scenes

9:32

first seen

90:57

last seen

sadMedium volatility (39%)

Emotion Breakdown

happy 9%neutral 28%fear 9%sad 29%angry 24%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Saoirse Ronan

as Agatha

4.1 min

591

scenes

17:14

first seen

90:51

last seen

sadMedium volatility (39%)

Emotion Breakdown

happy 17%neutral 29%fear 11%sad 37%angry 5%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Jude Law

as Young Author

3.6 min

525

scenes

4:13

first seen

93:23

last seen

neutralMedium volatility (31%)

Emotion Breakdown

happy 3%surprise 2%neutral 40%fear 11%sad 39%angry 5%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Jeff Goldblum

as Deputy Kovacs

3.5 min

510

scenes

16:49

first seen

63:54

last seen

neutralLow volatility (23%)

Emotion Breakdown

happy 21%neutral 70%fear 6%sad 3%angry 6%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

F. Murray Abraham

as Mr. Moustafa

3.2 min

455

scenes

4:53

first seen

93:01

last seen

neutralMedium volatility (28%)

Emotion Breakdown

happy 20%neutral 36%fear 23%sad 10%angry 11%disgust 4%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Adrien Brody

as Dmitri

2.8 min

397

scenes

25:40

first seen

87:24

last seen

neutralMedium volatility (41%)

Emotion Breakdown

happy 11%neutral 44%fear 12%sad 15%angry 18%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Edward Norton

as Henckels

2.6 min

370

scenes

21:28

first seen

87:24

last seen

neutralMedium volatility (28%)

Emotion Breakdown

happy 14%neutral 62%fear 4%sad 12%angry 7%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Willem Dafoe

as Jopling

2.1 min

300

scenes

25:40

first seen

79:46

last seen

neutralMedium volatility (30%)

Emotion Breakdown

happy 3%neutral 47%fear 11%sad 28%angry 10%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Mathieu Amalric

as Serge X.

1.8 min

265

scenes

25:07

first seen

77:08

last seen

sadMedium volatility (40%)

Emotion Breakdown

happy 2%neutral 17%fear 6%sad 40%angry 34%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Tom Wilkinson

as Author

1.1 min

152

scenes

1:46

first seen

93:31

last seen

angryMedium volatility (37%)

Emotion Breakdown

surprise 7%neutral 22%fear 3%sad 14%angry 54%disgust 14%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Harvey Keitel

as Ludwig

1.0 min

138

scenes

43:27

first seen

58:57

last seen

sadMedium volatility (49%)

Emotion Breakdown

happy 14%neutral 17%fear 4%sad 38%angry 27%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Léa Seydoux

as Clotilde

0.9 min

137

scenes

23:41

first seen

69:43

last seen

neutralMedium volatility (47%)

Emotion Breakdown

neutral 40%fear 11%sad 34%angry 15%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Jason Schwartzman

as M. Jean

0.9 min

136

scenes

4:21

first seen

6:05

last seen

sadMedium volatility (38%)

Emotion Breakdown

neutral 29%fear 21%sad 32%angry 17%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Bill Murray

as M. Ivan

0.8 min

114

scenes

65:19

first seen

88:19

last seen

neutralMedium volatility (39%)

Emotion Breakdown

happy 4%neutral 48%sad 33%angry 13%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Tilda Swinton

as Madame D.

0.3 min

36

scenes

10:06

first seen

37:54

last seen

Too few detections for emotion analysis

Overall Emotion Distribution

Across 2,141 unique characters identified in the film

happy7.3%
surprise0.7%
neutral38.5%
fear12.5%
sad29.5%
angry11.4%
disgust0.1%