The Danish Girl (film)
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| Directed by | Tom Hooper |
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| Screenplay by | Lucinda Coxon |
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The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff |
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| Music by | Alexandre Desplat |
| Cinematography | Danny Cohen |
| Edited by | Melanie Ann Oliver |
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Focus Features (United States) Universal Pictures (International) |
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119 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $15 million |
| Box office | $64.2 million |
The Danish Girl is a 2015 British-American biographical romantic drama film directed by Tom Hooper, based on the 2000 fictional novel of the same name by David Ebershoff and loosely inspired by the lives of Danish painters Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. The film stars Eddie Redmayne as Elbe, one of the first known recipients of sex reassignment surgery, Alicia Vikander as Wegener, Matthias Schoenaerts as Hans Axgil, Ben Whishaw as Henrik, Sebastian Koch as Dr. Kurt Warnekros, and Amber Heard as Ulla Paulson.
The film was screened in the main competition section of the 72nd Venice International Film Festival, and it was shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was released in a limited release on 27 November 2015 by Focus Features in the United States. The film was released on 1 January 2016, in the United Kingdom, with Universal Pictures International handling international distribution.
The film received some criticism for its inaccurate portrayal of historical events, but Redmayne and Vikander's performances received widespread acclaim and nominations for all of the major acting awards. Vikander won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and Redmayne was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. It was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Film.
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