A poster of ‘The Danish Girl’. [Photo: mtime.com]

Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne was welcomed by a large batch of shrieking fans, as his new film 'The Danish Girl' premiered at Venice Film Festival on Saturday night.

He walked the red carpet along with co-stars including Alicia Vikander and Amber Heard.

Directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Tom Hooker, this British biographical drama film portrays the famous painter Lili Elbe, who also known as the first recipient of a sex-change operation.

The leading actor Eddie Redmayne, who won a Best Actor Oscar for his performance as Stephen Hawking, says he felt lucky to star these two major roles.

"If you were lucky enough, as an actor, to get to play interesting people in interesting stories or firstly, if you're lucky enough as an actor to have employment - that's always a good start. But to get to play two such formidable people as Stephen and then Lili was a dream. A dream come true."

Tom Hooker indicates that, transgender men and women sometimes suffer persecution and indignity, this film tells about inclusion that is "made possible through love".

'The Danish Girl' is inspired by the novel of the same name by David Ebershoff, published in 2000.

It is now been screened in the main competition section of the Venice Film Festival, and is due to carry out a limited release on November 27 in the US.