---
title: 'The Danish Girl (2015)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Tom Hooper'
released: '2015-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 120
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'Denmark'
  - 'Belgium'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-danish-girl-2015'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810819/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Danish Girl (2015)

2015 · R · 120 min · Drama, History, Romance · Germany, United Kingdom, Denmark, Belgium, United States


## Synopsis

The Danish Girl is a 2015 biographical romantic drama film directed by Tom Hooper, based on the 2000 novel of the same title 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 gender-affirming surgery, Alicia Vikander as Wegener, and Sebastian Koch as Kurt Warnekros, with Ben Whishaw, Amber Heard, and Matthias Schoenaerts in supporting roles.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Tom Hooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-hooper)
- **Producer:** [Tom Hooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-hooper), [Eric Fellner](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-fellner), [Tim Bevan](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-bevan), [Gail Mutrux](https://cinepixo.com/people/gail-mutrux)
- **Screenplay:** [Lucinda Coxon](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucinda-coxon)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alexandre Desplat](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandre-desplat)
- **Director of Photography:** [Danny Cohen](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-cohen)
- **Editor:** [Melanie Oliver](https://cinepixo.com/people/melanie-oliver)

## Cast

- [Pip Torrens](https://cinepixo.com/people/pip-torrens)
- [Ole Dupont](https://cinepixo.com/people/ole-dupont)
- [Emerald Fennell](https://cinepixo.com/people/emerald-fennell)
- [Richard Dixon](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-dixon)
- [Adrian Schiller](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrian-schiller)
- [Sophie Kennedy Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/sophie-kennedy-clark)
- [Philip Arditti](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-arditti)
- [Raphaël Acloque](https://cinepixo.com/people/raphael-acloque)
- [Rebecca Root](https://cinepixo.com/people/rebecca-root)
- [Holly Weston](https://cinepixo.com/people/holly-weston)
- [Sebastian Koch](https://cinepixo.com/people/sebastian-koch)
- [Ben Whishaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-whishaw)
- [Erich Redman](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-redman)
- [Eddie Redmayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-redmayne) as Lili Elbe
- [Matthias Schoenaerts](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthias-schoenaerts)

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Official site: http://www.focusfeatures.com/the_danish_girl
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-danish-girl-2015
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