Lili Elbe

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Audience Score
100
Lili Elbe
NR 2 hr 14 minDrama, Music
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.
StarringLucia LucasSylvia D'EramoMack Wolz
DirectorsMeinrad KeelKrystian Lada
WriterAryeh Lev Stollman

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Production Companies:Konzert und Theater St. Gallen
Movie Tags:
lgbtbiographyoperamusic1930shistoricaltheatretrans womengender affirmation surgery