Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Alicia Vikander | ... | Gerda | |
Eddie Redmayne | ... | Lili | |
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Tusse Silberg | ... | Older Woman |
Adrian Schiller | ... | Rasmussen | |
Amber Heard | ... | Ulla | |
Emerald Fennell | ... | Elsa | |
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Henry Pettigrew | ... | Niels |
Claus Bue | ... | Man at Window | |
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Peter Krag | ... | Stage Doorman |
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Angela Curran | ... | Dresser |
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Pixie | ... | Hvappe |
Richard Dixon | ... | Fonnesbech | |
Ben Whishaw | ... | Henrik | |
Pip Torrens | ... | Dr. Hexler | |
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Paul Bigley | ... | Man in Gallery |
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1926. Einar Wegener (played by Eddie Redmayne) and his wife Gerda (Alicia Vikander) are a happily married couple. Both are artists, Einar preferring landscapes and she portraits. One day Einar poses for a portrait of Gerda's while wearing a dress. This is initially done as a lark, as is the later attendance at a party dressed as a woman. However, Einar soon discovers that she is in fact a woman and over time prefers being Lili. At first she and Gerda try to have her situation "cured" but this leads nowhere (other than to many doctors trying to have Lili locked up as a pervert and/or lunatic). Her voyage of self-discovery will ultimately lead to her undergoing the first ever sex-change operation. Written by grantss
Because of the subject matter in The Danish Girl I wasn't sure this was going to be a film that I would particularly like but I need not have have worried because I thought this was a fascinating movie that justified it's plaudits. This is the story of Danish artist Einar Wegener (Eddie Redmayne) who realised that despite being born a man he is really a woman and that woman is called Lile. Although Redmayne will quite obviously get all the praise for his role as Lile but I think the outstanding performance of this film comes from Alicia Vikander who plays his wife. As an actor she is exposed unlike Redmayne who has the make up to hide behind. Instead of being about Lile this film for me is more about the love of his wife who will do anything to make her husband happy. Even if that means losing him. in the process.