The Danish Girl is a 2015 English-language Biography Drama motion picture written by Lucinda Coxon and directed by Tom Hooper and produced by Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan, Gail Mutrux, Anne Harrison and Tom Hooper. Copenhagen, Denmark, 1926. Einar Wegener (played by Eddie Redmayne) and his wife Gerda (Alicia Vikander) are a happily married couple. Both are artists, Einar preferring landscapes and she portraits. One day Einar poses for a portrait of Gerdas while wearing a dress. This is initially done as a lark, as is the later attendance at a party dressed as a woman. However, Einar soon discovers that she is in fact a woman and over time prefers being Lili. At first she and Gerda try to have her situation cured but this leads nowhere (other than to many doctors trying to have Lili locked up as a pervert and/or lunatic). Her voyage of self-discovery will ultimately lead to her undergoing the first ever sex-change operation. Written by grantss. The danish girl stars Eddie Redmayne in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Alicia Vikander, Ben Whishaw, Sebastian Koch, Amber Heard, Matthias Schoenaerts and Tusse Silberg. The film is based on The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff. The music was composed by Venice Golden Lion winner Alexandre Desplat. Cinematography was done by Danny Cohen and editing by Melanie Ann Oliver. The film has a running time of 119 minutes. It was released on 7th January 2015. The Film was successful at box office. The Danish Girl was made on a budget of $15 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $64 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by Focus Features. At the 2016 Oscar Awards It won an award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Alicia Vikander).