The Danish Girl (2015)
Find the courage to be yourself.
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The Danish Girl rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7.1/10· 204K votes
Rotten Tomatoes66%
Metacritic66%
TMDb7.545/10· 6K votesWith 66% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.1/10 on IMDb and 66/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About The Danish Girl
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.
Cast of The Danish Girl
Eddie Redmayne
as Lili
Alicia Vikander
as Gerda
Matthias Schoenaerts
as Hans
Ben Whishaw
as Henrik
Sebastian Koch
as Warnekros
Pip Torrens
as Dr. Hexler
Nicholas Woodeson
as Dr. Buson
Amber Heard
as Ulla
Emerald Fennell
as Elsa
Adrian Schiller
as Rasmussen
Henry Pettigrew
as Niels
Sophie Kennedy Clark
as Ursula
The Danish Girl facts
- Budget
- $15M
- Box office
- $64.2M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Drama explores artistic transformation with sensitive character portrayal
- •Period piece captures 1920s Copenhagen atmosphere with production detail
- •Character-driven narrative provides emotional depth throughout runtime
What the audience disliked
- •Book adaptation relies somewhat on clichéd approaches to subject matter
- •Pacing occasionally falters during slower introspective character moments
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