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CAST · 1917

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

23,668

across full runtime

Named matches

13

actors identified

Close-up shots

2.6%

of all framed shots

Smile rate

1.5%

frames with detected joy

Gender split

82%

18%

M / F · screen-time weighted

Dominant emotion

Neutral 37%

film-wide aggregate

Most expressive

Colin Firth

100% non-neutral

Lead screen share

55%

13 tracked characters

Overall emotion distribution

7 emotions · all characters · screen-time weighted

Happy

1.5%

350 frames

Surprise

4.0%

956 frames

Neutral

36.6%

8,653 frames

Fear

25.1%

5,952 frames

Sad

17.4%

4,115 frames

Angry

11.2%

2,661 frames

Disgust

4.1%

981 frames

Screen time by actor

13 named · 60m tracked of 119m

01

George MacKay

as Lance Corporal Schofield · 4713 scenes

32.8min · 55% of cast

sad

02

Dean-Charles Chapman

as Lance Corporal Blake · 2096 scenes

14.6min · 24% of cast

sad

03

Andrew Scott

as Lieutenant Leslie · 315 scenes

2.2min · 4% of cast

angry

04

Claire Duburcq

as Lauri · 279 scenes

1.9min · 3% of cast

sad

05

Richard Madden

as Lieutenant Blake · 254 scenes

1.8min · 3% of cast

sad

06

Mark Strong

as Captain Smith · 216 scenes

1.5min · 3% of cast

angry

07

Adrian Scarborough

as Major Hepburn · 207 scenes

1.4min · 2% of cast

sad

08

Benedict Cumberbatch

as Colonel MacKenzie · 183 scenes

1.3min · 2% of cast

neutral

09

Colin Firth

as General Erinmore · 114 scenes

0.8min · 1% of cast

disgust

10

Daniel Mays

as Sergeant Sanders · 65 scenes

0.5min · 1% of cast

sad

11

Nabhaan Rizwan

as Sepoy Jondalar · 64 scenes

0.4min · 1% of cast

angry

12

Chris Walley

as Private Bullen · 46 scenes

0.3min · 1% of cast

neutral

13

Jamie Parker

as Lieutenant Richards · 22 scenes

0.1min · 0% of cast

disgust

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
Dean-Charles Chapman as Lance Corporal Blake	1,498	168.3	35.1%
George MacKay as Lance Corporal Schofield	763	165.1	17.9%
Richard Madden as Lieutenant Blake	371	144.7	8.7%
Colin Firth as General Erinmore	359	221.4	8.4%
Andrew Scott as Lieutenant Leslie	350	270.3	8.2%
Mark Strong as Captain Smith	222	304.1	5.2%
Daniel Mays as Sergeant Sanders	145	108.7	3.4%
Claire Duburcq as Lauri	138	107	3.2%
Adrian Scarborough as Major Hepburn	98	237	2.3%
Nabhaan Rizwan as Sepoy Jondalar	90	278.9	2.1%
Benedict Cumberbatch as Colonel MacKenzie	79	138.9	1.9%
Unidentified speakers	70	—	1.6%
Jamie Parker as Lieutenant Richards	68	71.9	1.6%
Chris Walley as Private Bullen	11	13.1	0.3%

Cast profiles

arc · volatility · emotion breakdown per actor

LC

George MacKay

AS LANCE CORPORAL SCHOFIELD

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

32m 46s

Scenes

4713

First seen

1:22

Last seen

109:27

Volatility

32 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m59m89m119m

0%

Happy

3%

Surprise

22%

Neutral

23%

Fear

38%

Sad

13%

Angry

1%

Disgust

LC

Dean-Charles Chapman

AS LANCE CORPORAL BLAKE

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

14m 34s

Scenes

2096

First seen

1:41

Last seen

53:12

Volatility

38 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m59m89m119m

2%

Happy

8%

Surprise

16%

Neutral

4%

Fear

32%

Sad

21%

Angry

18%

Disgust

LL

Andrew Scott

AS LIEUTENANT LESLIE

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

2m 11s

Scenes

315

First seen

13:43

Last seen

16:21

Volatility

31 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m59m89m119m

0%

Happy

6%

Surprise

3%

Neutral

2%

Fear

16%

Sad

68%

Angry

4%

Disgust

L

Claire Duburcq

AS LAURI

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

1m 56s

Scenes

279

First seen

73:09

Last seen

79:42

Volatility

20 Low

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m59m89m119m

0%

Happy

3%

Surprise

31%

Neutral

27%

Fear

39%

Sad

0%

Angry

0%

Disgust

LB

Richard Madden

AS LIEUTENANT BLAKE

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

1m 46s

Scenes

254

First seen

105:04

Last seen

107:11

Volatility

17 Low

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m59m89m119m

1%

Happy

0%

Surprise

7%

Neutral

14%

Fear

64%

Sad

14%

Angry

0%

Disgust

CS

Mark Strong

AS CAPTAIN SMITH

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

1m 30s

Scenes

216

First seen

53:43

Last seen

62:10

Volatility

31 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m59m89m119m

0%

Happy

4%

Surprise

19%

Neutral

0%

Fear

20%

Sad

54%

Angry

3%

Disgust

MH

Adrian Scarborough

AS MAJOR HEPBURN

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

1m 26s

Scenes

207

First seen

98:41

Last seen

101:42

Volatility

31 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m59m89m119m

0%

Happy

0%

Surprise

20%

Neutral

28%

Fear

45%

Sad

7%

Angry

0%

Disgust

CM

Benedict Cumberbatch

AS COLONEL MACKENZIE

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

1m 16s

Scenes

183

First seen

98:42

Last seen

100:54

Volatility

27 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m59m89m119m

0%

Happy

18%

Surprise

36%

Neutral

10%

Fear

13%

Sad

24%

Angry

1%

Disgust

GE

Colin Firth

AS GENERAL ERINMORE

● Dominant: disgust

Screen time

0m 47s

Scenes

114

First seen

5:15

Last seen

6:28

Volatility

40 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m59m89m119m

0%

Happy

0%

Surprise

0%

Neutral

26%

Fear

24%

Sad

24%

Angry

26%

Disgust

SS

Daniel Mays

AS SERGEANT SANDERS

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

0m 27s

Scenes

65

First seen

4:11

Last seen

5:35

Too few detections for emotion analysis

SJ

Nabhaan Rizwan

AS SEPOY JONDALAR

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

0m 26s

Scenes

64

First seen

55:55

Last seen

61:29

Too few detections for emotion analysis

PB

Chris Walley

AS PRIVATE BULLEN

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

0m 19s

Scenes

46

First seen

91:43

Last seen

93:09

Too few detections for emotion analysis

LR

Jamie Parker

AS LIEUTENANT RICHARDS

● Dominant: disgust

Screen time

0m 09s

Scenes

22

First seen

96:10

Last seen

96:57

Too few detections for emotion analysis

Speaker diarization

talk-time · turns · pacing per speaker

Talk-time share · 15 clusterssums to 100.0% of all dialogue

Chapman 34.5%

MacKay 17.9%

Madden 9.9%

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

0:0029:4559:3089:15119:00

runtime

Daniel Mays

1:32enter

Dean-Charles Chapman

2:18enter

Richard Madden

3:35enter

Colin Firth

5:17enter

SPEAKER 00

7:22enter

George MacKay

7:60enter

Jamie Parker

11:22enter

SPEAKER 02

13:32enter

Andrew Scott

13:57enter

Nabhaan Rizwan

14:05enter

Claire Duburcq

27:48enter

Mark Strong

52:17enter

Chris Walley

91:33enter

Benedict Cumberbatch

98:56enter

Adrian Scarborough

99:03enter

Dean-Charles ChapmanSPEAKER 10

Rapid exchange

34.5%

of all dialogue · 1,498 words · 8:54 spoken

WPM168.3

Turns375

Avg turn1.1s

Longest10.7s

enters at 2:18profanity 16

George MacKaySPEAKER 12

Rapid exchange

17.9%

of all dialogue · 763 words · 4:37 spoken

WPM165.1

Turns284

Avg turn1.0s

Longest14.0s

enters at 7:60profanity 13

Richard MaddenSPEAKER 14

Conversational

9.9%

of all dialogue · 371 words · 2:34 spoken

WPM144.7

Turns122

Avg turn0.8s

Longest3.7s

enters at 3:35profanity 1

Colin FirthSPEAKER 21

Brief

6.3%

of all dialogue · 359 words · 1:37 spoken

WPM221.4

Turns59

Avg turn1.5s

Longest5.4s

enters at 5:17profanity 1

Andrew ScottSPEAKER 26

Brief

5.0%

of all dialogue · 350 words · 1:18 spoken

WPM270.3

Turns40

Avg turn2.1s

Longest7.2s

enters at 13:57profanity 5

Mark StrongSPEAKER 05

Brief

2.8%

of all dialogue · 222 words · 0:44 spoken

WPM304.1

Turns45

Avg turn1.1s

Longest3.9s

enters at 52:17profanity 0

Daniel MaysSPEAKER 09

Brief

5.2%

of all dialogue · 145 words · 1:20 spoken

WPM108.7

Turns25

Avg turn1.5s

Longest10.1s

enters at 1:32profanity 1

Claire DuburcqSPEAKER 04

Rapid exchange

5.0%

of all dialogue · 138 words · 1:17 spoken

WPM107

Turns232

Avg turn0.5s

Longest4.1s

enters at 27:48profanity 1

Adrian ScarboroughSPEAKER 18

Brief

1.6%

of all dialogue · 98 words · 0:25 spoken

WPM237

Turns16

Avg turn1.5s

Longest7.9s

enters at 99:03profanity 0

Nabhaan RizwanSPEAKER 11

Brief

1.3%

of all dialogue · 90 words · 0:19 spoken

WPM278.9

Turns26

Avg turn0.9s

Longest2.4s

enters at 14:05profanity 0

Benedict CumberbatchSPEAKER 19

Brief

2.2%

of all dialogue · 79 words · 0:34 spoken

WPM138.9

Turns16

Avg turn1.4s

Longest6.5s

enters at 98:56profanity 1

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 00 · unmatched

Brief

1.3%

of all dialogue · 69 words · 0:20 spoken

WPM209.3

Turns14

Avg turn1.5s

Longest7.7s

enters at 7:22profanity 0

Jamie ParkerSPEAKER 25

Brief

3.7%

of all dialogue · 68 words · 0:57 spoken

WPM71.9

Turns66

Avg turn1.0s

Longest5.6s

enters at 11:22profanity 0

Chris WalleySPEAKER 20

Brief

3.3%

of all dialogue · 11 words · 0:51 spoken

WPM13.1

Turns21

Avg turn5.7s

Longest8.0s

enters at 91:33profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 02 · unmatched

Brief

0.0%

of all dialogue · 1 words · 0:00 spoken

WPM166.7

Turns38

Avg turn0.4s

Longest1.3s

enters at 13:32profanity 0

AGGREGATE — 13 unique characters · 23,668 faces detected · 13 named matches · 60m screen-time tracked