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Starring Academy Award-winner Eddie Redmayne and directed by Academy Award-winner Tom Hooper, this major motion picture portrays an unforgettable celebration of love. It starts with a question, a simple favour asked by a wife of her husband, setting off a transformation neither can anticipate. Einar Wegener and his American wife Greta Waud have been married for six years, but are yet to have a child. Both painters, they live a life of bohemian languor in Copenhagen until one day their lives are irreversibly altered. The Danish Girl eloquently shows the intimacy that defines a marriage and the nearly forgotten story of the love between a man who discovers that he is, in fact, a woman, and his wife who would sacrifice anything for him. Set against the glitz and decadence of 1920s Copenhagen, Paris and Dresden, and inspired by a true story, The Danish Girl is about one of the most passionate and unusual marriages of the twentieth century. 'a story of true love, suffering and sacrifice' - Sunday Telegraph
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The Danish Girl, David Ebershoff
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- Released
- 2015
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- Title
- The Danish Girl
- Language
- English
- Authors
- David Ebershoff
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Released
- 2015
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 1760292788
- ISBN13
- 9781760292782
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, Love, Friendship, USA, Germany, Relationships, LGBTQ+, 20th century, Adapted for Film, Marriage, LGBTQ+ Romance, Paris, Painting (art), Writers, Homosexuality, Based on True Events, Biographical novels, Transgender, Dresden, Copenhagen, Transsexuality, Gender Change
- First published
- 2000
- Original title
- The Danish Girl
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- Description
- Starring Academy Award-winner Eddie Redmayne and directed by Academy Award-winner Tom Hooper, this major motion picture portrays an unforgettable celebration of love. It starts with a question, a simple favour asked by a wife of her husband, setting off a transformation neither can anticipate. Einar Wegener and his American wife Greta Waud have been married for six years, but are yet to have a child. Both painters, they live a life of bohemian languor in Copenhagen until one day their lives are irreversibly altered. The Danish Girl eloquently shows the intimacy that defines a marriage and the nearly forgotten story of the love between a man who discovers that he is, in fact, a woman, and his wife who would sacrifice anything for him. Set against the glitz and decadence of 1920s Copenhagen, Paris and Dresden, and inspired by a true story, The Danish Girl is about one of the most passionate and unusual marriages of the twentieth century. 'a story of true love, suffering and sacrifice' - Sunday Telegraph