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.
Lili
Gerda
Hans
Henrik
Warnekros
Dr. Hexler
Dr. Buson
Ulla
Elsa
**Highly militant, a more neutral film would have been better.** This is a difficult film to comment on. On the one hand, and speaking exclusively from a technical point of view, it is a really good and well-made film. On the other hand, I have many questions and points of disagreement that prevent me from really approving it. And the reader better be ready to disagree healthily with what I write, because I'm not used to hiding what I think, or amputating my opinions under the guillotine of political correctness. I know that the film was acclaimed when it came out and that the publicity ...
Status Released
Original LanguageEnglish
Budget$15,000,000.00
Revenue $64,200,000.00