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IMDb rating 7.1
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Critic rating 6.1

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Critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

...Lili Elbe is a technical accomplishment rather than a flesh-and-blood person, a pure image, an artwork, emphatically a girl...

Read full review at The A.V. Club
Critic Christy Lemire
rated 5

The story that’s truly intriguing is the one that belongs to Vikander as Einar’s wife...

Read full review at Roger Ebert
Critic Ian Freer
rated 8

...a beautifully mounted, restrained picture...

Read full review at Empire
Sandra emilsson
rated 10

Real. True. And very capturing. The acting and actors and just the way the movie is made is "hats off"

2 years ago
Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 6

This is a handsomely made picture, intelligent and sympathetic...

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Freja Dam
rated 5

...en gribende – om end en kende melodramatisk – kærlighedshistorie og en spændende kunst- og kønshistorie.

Read full review at Soundvenue
Critic Lisa Brygger
rated 7

...Den danske pige [er] på alle måder Alicia Vikanders film! Hun er vores emotionelle centrum. Hun stjæler hver eneste scene hun er med i. Hun overspiller aldrig og hun gør filmen interessant.

Read full review at Cinemazone
Critic Leslie Felperin
rated 5

...et behageligt smukt kostumedrama, der er lækkert fotograferet af Danny Cohen.

Read full review at Filmmagasinet Ekko

Cast & Crew

Jake Graf
As Henri
Jake Graf
Director
Tom Hooper
Director
Ben Whishaw
As Henrik Sandahl
Sebastian Koch
As Dr. Kurt Warnekros
Nicholas Woodeson
As Dr. Buson
Amber Heard
As Ulla

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The Danish Girl tells the story of Einar Wegener, a Danish artist who, with the support of his wife Gerda, undergoes one of the first sex reassignment surgeries in history. The film follows Einar's journey as he transforms into Lili Elbe, a woman, and becomes a pioneer for the transgender community. Along the way, Lili and Gerda face challenges from society and their own relationship as they navigate this groundbreaking transition. The film is based on true events and features Academy Award-winning actors Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander as Einar/Lili and Gerda.

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