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The Danish Girl

2015 film by Tom Hooper
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Summary

The Danish Girl is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,553 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[3], Queer Lion[4]
  • Director: Tom Hooper[5]
  • Screenwriter: Lucinda Coxon[6]
  • Composer: Alexandre Desplat[7]
  • Genre: biographical film[8], drama film[9], LGBTQ-related film[10], romance film[11]
  • Based on: The Danish Girl[12]
  • Cast member: Eddie Redmayne[13], Alicia Vikander[14], Matthias Schoenaerts[15], Ben Whishaw[16], Sebastian Koch[17], Amber Heard[18], Adrian Schiller[19], Emerald Fennell[20], Claus Bue[21], Pip Torrens[22], Nicholas Woodeson[23], Philip Arditti[24], Sophie Kennedy Clark[25], Holly Weston[26]
  • Producer: Tom Hooper[27], Tim Bevan[28], Eric Fellner[29], Gail Mutrux[30]
  • Production company: Focus Features[31], Working Title Films[32]
  • Director of photography: Danny Cohen[33]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[34]
  • Commons category: The Danish Girl (film)[35]
  • Soundtrack release: The Danish Girl[36]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[37]
  • Review score: 6.6/10[38], 66%[39], 66/100[40]
  • Color: color[41]
  • Country of origin: United States[42], United Kingdom[43], Belgium[44], Germany[45], Denmark[46]
  • Publication date: 2015[47], January 7, 2016[48], January 28, 2016[49]
  • Distributed by: Focus Features[50], UIP-Dunafilm[51]
  • Narrative location: Denmark[52]
  • Official website: http://www.focusfeatures.com/the_danish_girl[53]
  • Main subject: Lili Elbe[54]
  • Film editor: Melanie Oliver[55]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor[56], Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[57], Academy Award for Best Costume Design[58], Academy Award for Best Production Design[59], European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film[60]
  • Title: The Danish Girl[61]

Why It Matters

The Danish Girl has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]

FAQs

What awards did The Danish Girl receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[3] and Queer Lion[4].

Related Entities

Alexandre Desplat Alicia Vikander Amber Heard Belgium Ben Whishaw Denmark Eddie Redmayne Emerald Fennell film Germany Matthias Schoenaerts Sebastian Koch Tom Hooper United Kingdom United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  23. [27] ↑ . filmspot.pt. Retrieved . filmspot.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  46. [48] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [62] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [63] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18h ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 14d ago · Schemathings · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'ckb', 'commons', 'cs', 'cy'
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  6. 9w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  10. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2015-00-00T00:00:00Z, +2016-01-07T00:00:00Z, +2016-01-28T00:00:00Z
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