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The Danish Girl
The Danish Girl

The Danish Girl

2015 119 min ★ 7.5 Drama

When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and support, Lili embarks on a groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.

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Cast

Eddie Redmayne

Eddie Redmayne

Lili

Alicia Vikander

Alicia Vikander

Gerda

Matthias Schoenaerts

Matthias Schoenaerts

Hans

Ben Whishaw

Ben Whishaw

Henrik

Sebastian Koch

Sebastian Koch

Warnekros

Pip Torrens

Pip Torrens

Dr. Hexler

Nicholas Woodeson

Nicholas Woodeson

Dr. Buson

Amber Heard

Amber Heard

Ulla

Emerald Fennell

Emerald Fennell

Elsa

Adrian Schiller

Adrian Schiller

Rasmussen

Details

Director

Tom Hooper

Screenplay

Lucinda Coxon

Tagline

"Find the courage to be yourself."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$15,000,000

Revenue

$64,200,000

Production

Pretty Pictures, Working Title Films, Artémis Productions, Shelter Productions, Senator Global Productions, ReVision Pictures, Working Title Films

Reviews

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Reno

February 24, 2016

★ 7/10

> An important biopic, but not inspiring. Before this film hitting the screens, I remember many experts were expecting it doing well at the Oscars. Now it's got 4 Oscar nods, even though it is very sad the movie is a hit and miss. A slipped away opportunity, had a great storyline, but the outcome was decent. An important historical biopic, at least for a certain section of the audience. I respe...

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SodaCreekFilm

February 2, 2017

"You helped bring Lili to life, but she was always there." _The Danish Girl_ certainly took a long time getting to the big screen. The script went through dozens of iterations after David Ebershoff’s book was first was optioned. The cast changed numerous times. Directors passed it back and forth. Finally, after fifteen years of floating around, Tom Hooper’s film was released. And while the lead...

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Filipe Manuel Neto

November 29, 2022

★ 2/10

**Highly militant, a more neutral film would have been better.** This is a difficult film to comment on. On the one hand, and speaking exclusively from a technical point of view, it is a really good and well-made film. On the other hand, I have many questions and points of disagreement that prevent me from really approving it. And the reader better be ready to disagree healthily with what I wri...

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