This movie is much better than its rating would indicate.

Rating: Null/10 (5 January 2016)

The Danish Girl (2015) was directed by Tom Hooper. This film is loosely based on the life of Einar Wegener (Eddie Redmayne), a Danish artist who realized that he was a woman trapped in a man's body. That's not a strange concept now, but in the 1920's it was considered not only strange, but psychotic. Eventually, Einar becomes Lili Elbe, and she considers having the pioneering surgery for a sex-role change. Again, hardly shocking now, but the surgery had never been performed before.
Alicia Vikander plays Einar's wife, Gerda Wegener, who is naturally confused and horrified as her husband turns into Lili. After a while, she accepts that her husband really is Lili. In fact, Gerda supports Lili through this extraordinarily challenging time,
Both of the lead actors do superb work. The film would fail without two solid performances in these two parts. In addition, the remainder of the cast is excellent.
The film is filled with gorgeous images of Copenhagen, Paris, and Dresden. That positive aspect of the movie is also a negative aspect. Director Hooper wants us to know where we are. So, when we are in Copenhagen, we get endless views of the waterfront market. The women at the market stalls all wear hats made of folded newspaper. After the sixth or seventh establishing shot, I wanted to call out, "OK--we understand. Market. Hats. This is Copenhagen."
When we get to Paris, Hooper actually makes sure that we see the Eiffel Tower. "OK--got it. This is Paris." He doesn't do as well with Dresden. Still, there's on market and no Eiffel Tower, so it had to be Dresden.
As I write this review "The Danish Girl" has an abysmal IMDb rating of 6.4. Almost as many people rated it "1" as rated it "10." It's a much better film than 6.4. My guess is that some of the people who gave it a low rating did so because they are uncomfortable with the depiction of transgender people. My suggestion to you--find "The Danish Girl" and watch it. Don't let the low rating cause you to miss this important movie.
We saw the film at the excellent Little Theatre in Rochester, NY. It should work almost as well on the small screen.