The Danish Girl (film)

The Danish Girl is a 2015 American/British biographical drama film directed by Tom Hooper, based on the 2000 novel of the same name by David Ebershoff. The film stars Eddie Redmayne as Lili Elbe, one of the first known recipients of gender reassignment surgery, Alicia Vikander as Gerda Wegener, along with Matthias Schoenaerts as Hans Axgil and Ben Whishaw.

It was screened in the main competition section of the 72nd Venice International Film Festival,^[2]^[3] and it was shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.^[4] The film is scheduled to be released in a limited release on November 27, 2015 by Focus Features.^[5]

Directed by	Tom Hooper
Produced by	Gail Mutrux Anne Harrison Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Tom Hooper
Screenplay by	Lucinda Coxon
Based on	The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff
Starring	Eddie Redmayne Alicia Vikander Ben Whishaw Sebastian Koch Amber Heard Matthias Schoenaerts
Music by	Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography	Danny Cohen
Edited by	Melanie Ann Oliver
Production company	Working Title Pretty Pictures Revision Pictures Senator Global Productions
Distributed by	Focus Features
Release dates	September 5, 2015(Venice) November 27, 2015(United States)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$25 million^[1]

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