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- BFI identifierN-522700
- Date2015 (Copyright)
2016-01-01 (Release) - Production countryUSA, United Kingdom, Denmark, Belgium, Japan
- Production company
- SynopsisIn 1920s Copenhagen, Gerda, a painter, asks her husband and fellow artist Einar to stand in for a female model so she can complete her latest painting. Einar is overwhelmed by the experience and begins to question his gender identity, eventually becoming one of the first known recipients of gender reassignment surgery. (Synopsis)
- Work historyFilmed on locations in England, Denmark, Belgium, Germany, France, Norway and Elstree Film Studios.
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- Credits
- CastEddie Redmayne (Einar Wegener, ‘Lili Elbe’)
Alicia Vikander (Gerda Wegener)
Ben Whishaw (Henrik)
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Title
The Danish Girl (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/3159-51BF-A6C8-7A18-2155-7Category
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
- Collections
- StillsPhotograph: publicity - Landscape - Colour - SPD-593103
Photograph: publicity - Landscape - Colour - SPD-593104
Photograph: publicity - Landscape - Colour - SPD-593105
Photograph: publicity - Landscape - Colour - SPD-593106
Photograph: publicity - Landscape - Colour - SPD-593107
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Work - N-522700 - 2015 (Copyright)
USA - Film - Fiction
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