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- It’s the story of transgender Danish artist Einar Wegener (1882-1931) who, identifying as a woman called Lili Elbe, underwent the first ever gender re-assignment surgery, a series of five experimental operations between 1930 and 1931 which led to her death soon after the final procedure.
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Nov 24, 2015 · The true story behind The Danish Girl confirms that Einar Wegener's transformation into Lili Elbe ultimately led to her death. She died from paralysis of the heart due to organ rejection roughly three months after undertaking her fifth and final sex-change operation in June 1931.
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Sep 8, 2015 · It’s the story of transgender Danish artist Einar Wegener (1882-1931) who, identifying as a woman called Lili Elbe, underwent the first ever gender re-assignment surgery, a series of...
Based on a true story, The Danish Girl is an extraordinary tale of love, commitment and revolutionary behaviour. By Stephanie Bunbury January 12, 2016 — 2.23pm
Nov 25, 2015 · In The Danish Girl, based on a true story, Redmayne plays Lili Elbe, a Danish trans woman and, as the movie asserts, one of the first known individuals to undergo gender confirmation...
- Zainab Akande
Lili Ilse Elvenes (28 December 1882 – 13 September 1931), better known as Lili Elbe, was a Danish painter, transgender woman, and one of the earliest recipients of gender-affirming surgery (then called sex reassignment surgery).
But the true story of the Danish painter's marvellous transformation from Einar Wegener to Lili Elbe is far more enigmatic and mysterious than depicted in the film. Even Lili's own memoirs published after her death are also partially a twist of the truth.
Feb 24, 2016 · THE DANISH GIRL is a true story trying to capitalize on our changing times by offering a tale of a “transgender” figure other than Bruce Jenner. Ultimately, the uncredited critic writes, the “protagonist is selfish and self-absorbed throughout [the] movie, which offers no condemnation of his actions.”.
