The remarkable love story inspired by the lives of artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.

The Danish Girl

«The Danish Girl» are about a woman called Lili Elbe, she was born as a boy in Denmark at the beginning of the 1880s, as Einar Magnus Andreas Wegener, who was the first-ever male to female sex reassignment surgery.

The Danish artist, Gerda Wegener (Alicia Vikander), painted her own husband, Einar Wegener (Eddie Redmayne), as a lady in her painting. When the painting gained popularity, Einar started to change his appearance into a female appearance and named himself Lili Elbe.

The upcoming film, «The Danish Girl», looks at her story. Elbe was the first in the world to have sex change surgery, and that she had changed sex and name legally.

In 1930 she traveled to Germany to get first-ever male to female sex reassignment surgery, performed the first of its kind in the world.

Lili Elbe was a sensation in both Denmark and Germany. But sadly three months after her last operation, she died, it’s believed the cause was probably of infections.

Release dates

USA 27 November 2015
UK 1 January 2016
Ireland TBA
Australia TBA
New Zealand TBA

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