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The Danish Girl

2015 | 119 min | K-12 | drama

A touching love story based on the lives of Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. 1926 Copenhagen-based artist Einar Wegener, who is married to Gerda Wegener, is known for his landscape paintings. Gerda is also an artist, less well known, but employed as a portrait painter of celebrities. Their marriage is strong and full of love.

Everything changes when Gerda asks her husband to pose as a model and wear a woman’s outfit to complete her painting. The experience changes the couple’s entire life. Einar notices that when he is Lili, he is able to realize himself at his truest and begins to live as a woman. Gerda, on the other hand, finds a new muse in Lili and matures into a new blossoming as an artist. The couple also has to face the prejudices of the surrounding society. They leave their home country for a more open-minded Paris. Again and again, Gerda shows her support for Lili.

Directed by Tom Hooper. As actors, e.g. Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander and Amber Heard. Movie won an Oscar from Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role.

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About the movie

Subjects

arts
ethics
health education
history
psychology
social studies

Keywords

appearance
courage
defeating difficulties
differency
diverse
equality
Ethics
friendship
human rights education
identity and growing
learning materials
love
milieu and zeitgeist
parity
postion of women
relationships
rolemodels
sexuality
thought awakening

Genres

drama

Playlists

based on a book
based on true events
love story
rainbow

Age limits

K-12

Awards

Oscar

Studios

Universal Pictures

For media educator

The Danish Girl is based on the life story of Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Gerda asks her husband to pose as a model and wear a woman's outfit to finish her painting. The experience changes the couple's entire life. Einar notices that when he is Lili, he can realize himself at his truest and begins to live as a woman.