Lili Elbe

Lili Elbe (2023)

Drama Music

Runtime: 134 minutes

Overview

The painter Lili Elbe was the first person to have gender confirmation surgery in the 1930s. The homonymous opera is a glimpse into the life of Lili Elbe and her wife Gerda Wegener (also a famous painter) through Lili's transition at a time when such surgery was still completely uncharted territory.

Trailer

Lucia Lucas

Lili Elbe

Sylvia D'Eramo

Gerda Wegener

Mack Wolz

Anna Larsen Bjørner/Mother Wegener/Young Woman

Jennifer Panara

Hélène Allatini

Brian Michael Moore

Claude Lejeune

Théo Imart

Danish Countess/Dagmar/Matron

Sam Taskinen

Marius Wegener

Kristján Jóhannesson

Christian X/Art Critic/Major Fernando Porta

David Maze

Eric Allatini

Msimelelo Mbali

Professor Warnekros