The Danish Girl
“Find the courage to be yourself.”
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
40 people
Eddie Redmayne
Lili
Known for
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
The Theory of Everything
Alexandre Desplat
Composer
Also in
The Monuments Men
Montage: Great Film Composers and The Piano
Alicia Vikander
Gerda
Known for
Tomb Raider
Ex Machina
Matthias Schoenaerts
Hans
Known for
Red Sparrow
The Old Guard
Ben Whishaw
Henrik
Known for
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Paddington
Sebastian Koch
Warnekros
Known for
A Good Day to Die Hard
The Lives of Others
Pip Torrens
Dr. Hexler
Known for
Preacher
The Crown
Nicholas Woodeson
Dr. Buson
Known for
Rome
Taboo
Amber Heard
Ulla
Known for
Aquaman
Zombieland
Emerald Fennell
Elsa
Known for
Barbie
The Crown
Adrian Schiller
Rasmussen
Known for
The Last Kingdom
The Bible
Henry Pettigrew
Niels
Known for
Taboo
Guilt
Tom Hooper Director · Lucinda Coxon Screenplay David Ebershoff Author
Worldwide gross $64M · Budget $15M · United States release November 27, 2015
Box office
Budget
$15,000,000
Worldwide gross
$64,200,000
Gross vs. budget
4.3×
Production
Pretty Pictures
Production
Working Title
Production
Artémis Productions
Production
Shelter Productions
Production
Senator Global Productions
Production
ReVision Pictures
Production
Kathy Morgan Productions
Production
Universal Pictures
Studio
Copenhagen Film Fund
Production
Kvinde Films
Production
The Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal government
Production
Taxshelter. be
Production
Working Title Films
Production
Belgium · United Kingdom · United States · Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · German
Release dates
Canada · September 12, 2015
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · November 27, 2015
Limited theatrical · New York / Los Angeles
United States · March 1, 2016
Physical
United States
October 8, 2015 · Premiere · Mill Valley Film Festival
January 22, 2016 · Theatrical
Argentina
February 18, 2016 · Theatrical
Australia
December 26, 2015 · Theatrical
Belgium
January 20, 2016 · Theatrical
Brazil
February 11, 2016 · Theatrical
Bulgaria
January 29, 2016 · Theatrical
Canada
December 11, 2015 · Limited theatrical · Toronto
Czechia
February 4, 2016 · Digital
Denmark
February 4, 2016 · Theatrical
Estonia
November 27, 2015 · Premiere · Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
January 29, 2016 · Theatrical
Finland
February 5, 2016 · Theatrical
France
January 20, 2016 · Theatrical
Germany
January 7, 2016 · Theatrical
Greece
January 28, 2016 · Theatrical
April 25, 2016 · Physical · DVD, Blu-ray
Hong Kong SAR China
February 25, 2016 · Theatrical
Hungary
January 28, 2016 · Theatrical
Ireland
January 1, 2016 · Theatrical
Israel
January 14, 2016 · Theatrical · נימוק: סצנות סקס
November 19, 2016 · TV · נימוק: סצנות סקס
Italy
February 18, 2016 · Theatrical
Japan
March 18, 2016 · Theatrical
Mexico
January 8, 2016 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 7, 2016 · Theatrical
Norway
February 5, 2016 · Theatrical
Philippines
February 10, 2016 · Theatrical
Poland
January 22, 2016 · Theatrical
Portugal
December 31, 2015 · Theatrical
Romania
January 8, 2016 · Digital
Russia
February 18, 2016 · Theatrical
Singapore
January 7, 2016 · Theatrical
Slovakia
February 4, 2016 · Theatrical
South Korea
February 17, 2016 · Theatrical
Spain
January 15, 2016 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 5, 2016 · Theatrical
June 20, 2016 · Physical
Taiwan
February 12, 2016 · Theatrical
Türkiye
February 12, 2016 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
January 1, 2016 · Theatrical
Vietnam
January 15, 2016 · Theatrical
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