The Danish Girl

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Movie
German title The Danish Girl
Original title The Danish Girl
Country of production USA ,
UK
original language English
Publishing year 2015
length 120 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
JMK 12
Rod
Director Tom Hooper
script Lucinda Coxon
production Tom Hooper,
Gail Mutrux ,
Anne Harrison ,
Tim Bevan ,
Eric Fellner
music Alexandre Desplat
camera Danny Cohen
cut Melanie Oliver
occupation
synchronization

The Danish Girl is a US-American - British biopic from the year 2015 . Directed by Tom Hooper , the script was written by Lucinda Coxon . The film drama is based on the novel of the same name by the American author David Ebershoff about the intersex painter Lili Elbe , who underwent gender reassignment surgery. The film premiered on September 5, 2015 at the Venice International Film Festival , was released in US cinemas on November 27, 2015 and in German cinemas on January 7, 2016.

action

The Danish painter Gerda Wegener , who is mentioned in the German-language novel Greta , led an eventful artistic life in Copenhagen with her husband, the Danish landscape painter and illustrator Einar Wegener in the early twenties of the twentieth century . One day he steps in as a female model because Gerda's model is prevented. When she portrays Einar, he takes a liking to the fine material and rediscovers his long-hidden feminine side. The name Lili is jokingly given to him by Anna, the couple's friend, when she surprises them while creating the portrait.

The painted picture became famous, and so Gerda drew more portraits of her disguised husband. Little does Gerda suspect that her husband is increasingly developing sympathy for his feminine side. A role play develops from the original disguise that Einar never lets go. On social occasions he tries to mingle with the people in his new role without being recognized, and on these occasions he studies the behavior and body language of other women, which he can soon imitate perfectly. More and more often he shows himself disguised as a woman in public, until he realizes that he finally wants to live in a woman's body, and he decides to undergo gender reassignment surgery so that he can be Lili forever. The procedure is almost untested and extremely risky, but Lili dares to take the step and in the early 1930s becomes one of the first transsexuals to undergo such an operation.

production

financing

In June 2010 it was announced that the film would be supported with 1.2 million euros from the NRW Film Board . In return, a contract stipulated that 19 days of filming had to take place in Germany.

occupation

Alicia Vikander (2013) and Eddie Redmayne (2014) Alicia Vikander (2013) and Eddie Redmayne (2014)
Alicia Vikander (2013) and Eddie Redmayne (2014)

In April 2014 it was announced that British actor Eddie Redmayne would play the lead role as Lili, who then won an Oscar in February 2015 for his role as Stephen Hawking in The Discovery of Infinity . Also in April 2014 it was announced that Tom Hooper would direct the film. After several well-known actresses such as Charlize Theron , Gwyneth Paltrow and Nicole Kidman had been in discussion for the role of Gerda in previous years, the role of Alicia Vikander was announced in June 2014 . Matthias Schoenaerts joined the crew in January 2015 .

Redmayne prepared for his role by speaking with members of the transgender community. Redmayne was very grateful for this experience and summed up: "They were all incredibly warm and open, gave me a great upbringing and taught me that sexuality and gender are two different things."

Filming

Filming began in London in February 2015 and then took place in Hertfordshire (also United Kingdom ), Denmark ( Copenhagen ), Belgium ( Brussels ), Norway ( Møre og Romsdal and Romsdalen) and Berlin . Filming was completed in April 2015.

Historical background

Real people and literary source

Lili Elbe , 1926

The first work, The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff , on which the film is based, was published in 2000 and in 2002 became a bestseller. Lili Elbe was one of the first transsexual who underwent in Germany in the early 1930s a gender reassignment surgery, first at the Institute of Sexology of Magnus Hirschfeld in Berlin and then twice more by Kurt Warnekros in Dresden. The novel is based on Lili Elbe's life story Fra mand til kvinde , which first appeared in Danish in 1931 and was later translated into German. For his novel, Ebershoff had Wegener's wife become the American painter Greta Waud. The real partner was born as Gerda Gottlieb and was Danish.

Deviations from the book

In contrast to the book, where Gerda and Lili split up, Gerda stays at Lili's side until the end. The fact that the marriage was annulled by the Danish king is also not mentioned in the film. The film also leaves out Gerda's move to Morocco and lesbian relationships.

Soundtrack

The original soundtrack was released by Decca Records on December 4th, 2015 and contains the score for Alexandre Desplat . It consists of 20 songs and the total length is 59:06 minutes. Desplat was nominated for his work in both the Satellite Awards 2015 and the Golden Globe Awards 2016 in the category of best film music .

Title list of the soundtrack

  1. The Danish Girl
  2. Lily's Dream
  3. Watching Ulla
  4. Gerda
  5. Make-up & Costume
  6. Watching
  7. The Mirror
  8. Einar Returns Home
  9. To Dresden
  10. aggression
  11. radiation
  12. Gerda In The Rain
  13. Fonnesbech
  14. Schizophrenia
  15. One Step At A Time
  16. Lost Blood
  17. Lily's Death
  18. Roses Of Picardy
  19. Danish Waltz 1
  20. Danish Waltz 2

reception

Age rating

In Germany the film is FSK 6 . The statement of reasons for the release states: “Some scenes that depict the severity of discrimination in society at that time can emotionally overwhelm preschoolers, but even 6-year-olds are able to process them in the context of the careful staging. Not all aspects of the story are revealed to them, but the many quiet passages and the emphasis on the loving relationship between the painter couple gives them sufficient emotional support. "

Reviews

In a review by Hessischer Rundfunk : With 'The Danish Girl', Tom Hooper is the first transsexual woman to set a worthy memorial to the historical figure Lili Elbe. It is a touching story about acceptance and tolerance and the insight into how tolerant our western society has become. Despite great attention to detail and the efforts of everyone involved to draw a sensitive portrait of Lili Elbe, Daniel Kothenschulte from the Frankfurter Rundschau criticizes Hooper for having strayed too far from the historical facts: the director renounces everything in his film could hurt a story like that. Here Kothenschulte refers to Einar's possible self-doubts or the terrifyingly primitive operational possibilities of the time.

Awards

A costume from the film on display at the 24th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design in Los Angeles

The Danish Girl was in the running for the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival 2015 and was awarded the Queer Lion Award . In December 2015, the makers of the film were named Champions of Change by the White House for supporting the LGBT community . At the 2015 Hollywood Film Awards, Alicia Vikander received the Hollywood Breakthrough Award and Tom Hooper was named Director of the Year . Vikander was nominated for Best Supporting Actress and Redmayne for Best Actor at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards in January 2016 . Stewart and Standish received nominations for Best Production Design and Delgado for Best Costume Design . The 2016 Golden Globe Awards nominated Vikander for Best Actress - Drama and Redmayne for Best Actor - Drama . Desplat also received a nomination for best film music . Vikander was nominated for Best Actress at the British Independent Film Awards 2015 for her performance in film . At the 2016 AACTA International Awards , Redmayne was nominated for Best Actor , and Vikander was nominated for Best Supporting Actress. Vikander was named Best Supporting Actress on February 28, 2016 at the 2016 Academy Awards . Redmayne was also nominated for Best Actor , Paco Delgado for Best Costume Design, and Michael Standish and Eve Stewart for Best Production Design . On January 30, 2016, Vikander was named Best Supporting Actress at the Screen Actors Guild Awards . The German Film and Media Assessment gave the film the rating of “particularly valuable”. On February 21, 2016, Alicia Vikander was named Best Supporting Actress at the 2015 Satellite Awards . Tom Hooper was also nominated for Best Director , Lucinda Coxon for the Screenplay and Eddie Redmayne for Best Actor . Alexandre Desplat was also nominated for Best Score, Eve Stewart for Best Production Design and Paco Delgado for Best Costume Design . Vikander was nominated as a Choice Movie Actress: Drama at the 2016 Teen Choice Awards . The film was nominated for the audience award as part of the European Film Prize 2016 .

synchronization

The film was set to music at FFS Film- & Fernseh-Synchron GmbH in Berlin . Christoph Cierpka wrote the dialogue book and directed the dialogue.

role actor Voice actor
Einar Wegener / Lili Elbe Eddie Redmayne Timmo Niesner
Gerda Wegener Alicia Vikander Yvonne Greitzke
Ulla Paulson Amber Heard Anne Helm
Kurt Warnekros Sebastian Koch Sebastian Koch
Henrik Ben Whishaw Tobias Nath
Hans Axgil Matthias Schoenaerts Stefan Günther
Rasmussen Adrian Schiller Jürgen Heinrich
Fonnesbech Richard Dixon Helmut Gauss
Elsa Emerald Fennell Jessica Walther-Gabory
Dr. Witcher Pip Torrens Oliver Siebeck

Web links

Commons : The Danish Girl  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Release for The Danish Girl . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF). Template: FSK / maintenance / type set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ Age rating for The Danish Girl . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ↑ Lili Elbe: Letter from July 19, 1931 . Ed .: Niels Hoyer. Tauchnitz, Stuttgart 1954, p. 253 .
  4. ↑ Scott Roxborough: 'Danish Girl' picks up German cash In: Hollywood Reporter, June 11, 2010.
  5. ^ Anita Singh: Nicole Kidman and Gwyneth Paltrow to play husband and wife In: The Telegraph, November 9, 2009.
  6. ^ Christiane Peitz: 'The Danish Girl' at the Venice Film Festival. Lili, Einar and I In: Tagesspiegel Online, September 5, 2015.
  7. ↑ Ryan Smith: Oscar-winner Eddie Redmayne cuts a gaunt figure as he begins work in London on his latest movie The Danish Girl , In: dailymail.co.uk, February 28, 2015.
  8. ^ Christiane Peitz: 'The Danish Girl' at the Venice Film Festival. Lili, Einar and I In: Tagesspiegel Online, September 5, 2015.
  9. ↑ 'The Danish Girl' soundtrack details In: filmmusicreporter.com, November 19, 2015.
  10. ^ Reasons for approval for The Danish Girl In: Voluntary Self-Control of the Film Industry. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  11. ↑ Filmcheck: The Danish Girl In: Hessischer Rundfunk Online, January 6, 2016.
  12. ↑ Daniel Kothenschulte: Double portrait with small mistakes ( Memento from January 8, 2016 in the web archive archive.today ) In: Frankfurter Rundschau Online, January 6, 2016.
  13. ↑ Aditi Hardikar: Making Art to Make a Change: Championing LGBT Artists Across the Country In: whitehouse.gov, December 7, 2015.
  14. ↑ Scott Feinberg: Hollywood Film Awards: Saoirse Ronan, Benicio Del Toro, Alicia Vikander Among Honorees (Exclusive) In: The Hollywood Reporter, October 7, 2015.
  15. ^ Critics' Choice Movie Awards. Nominations for the 21st Annual Critic 'Choice Awards In: criticschoice.com. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  16. ↑ 2016 Golden Globe Awards In: goldenglobes.com, December 31, 2015, accessed on January 1, 2016 (PDF; 27 KB)
  17. ↑ Nominations (2015) In: bifa.film. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  18. ↑ Nominees ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: aacta.org. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  19. ↑ Ethan Sacks: Oscars 2016 nominations: See the full list of Academy Award nominees In: nydailynews.com, January 14, 2016.
  20. ↑ SAG Awards 2016: Alicia Vikander wins best supporting actress for 'The Danish Girl' In: Entertainment Weekly, January 30, 2016.
  21. ^ Opinion by the German Film and Media Assessment. Accessed on January 29, 2016.
  22. ↑ Gregg Kilday: Satellite Awards: 'Spotlight' Collects Four Prizes, Including Best Picture In: The Hollywood Reporter, February 21, 2016.
  23. ^ Satellite Awards 2015. Nominations In: International Press Academy. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  24. ^ Allison Crist and Kimberly Nordyke: Teen Choice Awards: Winners List In: The Hollywood Reporter, July 31, 2016.
  25. ↑ People's Choice Award 2016 In: europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  26. ↑ German synchronous index: German synchronous index | Movies | The Danish Girl. Retrieved March 5, 2018 .