The Danish Girl
2015, 119 minutes
True story of Einar Wegener - one of the first known recipients of gender realignment surgery
In early 1920s Copenhagen, the illustrator and artist Gerda Wegener (Alicia Vikander) asks her husband, Einar Wegener (Eddie Redmayne) to stand in for a female model. The popularity of the portraits leads to Gerda painting her husband in further pictures as a woman. Einer develops an attraction for a female physical appearance and begins begins living as woman named Lili Elbe. Ultimately Elbe becomes the first ever recipient of male to female sex reassignment surgery, and Gerda supports her decision, although their marriage becomes strained when Gerda comes to the realization that Lili is no longer the person she married.
Companies involved in this production
Connected mandy members:
Gemma Payne
Choreographer
Rachael Cooksey
Actor
Graham Walters
Location Catering
Matt Beauman-Jones
Actor
Maud Arrault
Voice Over: French
Alistair Hawkins
Sound Editor
