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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 surgery. And ...
It is based on American author David Ebershoff’s Danish Girl novel published in 2000 as an imagined account of Wegener’s inner life as he transforms into Lili Elbe. Born in rural Jutland ...
Nov 19, 2015 · November 19, 2015 8:01 AM EST. T he Danish Girl seems like an unusually timely movie. Director Tom Hooper’s film, opening Nov. 27, tells the story of Lili Elbe, who in 1930 underwent the first ...
As you all know, The Danish Girl is based on the true story of Lili Elbe, one of the first trans women to receive sexual reassignment surgery (SRS). In the film and the novel on which it is based, Elbe (born as Einar Wegener) is married to Gerda Wegener (née Gottlieb) in a very hetero, sexually-active union.
Nov 27, 2015 · Hooper, working with his usual cinematographer, Danny Cohen, luxuriates in Redmayne’s androgyny as Einar steadily morphs into Lili. (Those cheekbones! Those lips! Those long, elegant limbs!) And Paco Delgado ’s Jazz Age costume design is just decadent—not only for Redmayne but for the cast as a whole. But the film regards this complex ...
Feb 29, 2016 · Share this story Kevin Winter/Getty Images In the first acting award for the night, Alicia Vikander has won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Gerda Wegener in The Danish Girl .
Feb 28, 2016 · The tragic true story behind The Danish Girl. Horatia Harrod 28 February 2016 • 8:30pm. Lili Elbe (left), whose life story is told in 'The Danish Girl', starring Eddie Redmayne (right) Credit ...
