Tales from the Gimli Hospital

While their mother is dying in the modern Gimli, Manitoba hospital, two young children are told an important tale by their Icelandic grandmother about Einar the lonely, his friend Gunnar, and the angelic Snjofrieder in a Gimli of old.

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Director(s)

Guy Maddin

Cast & Crew

David James Lewis

Gimli Manfolk / Patient

Kyle McCulloch

Einar the Lonely / Minstrel

Michael Gottli

Gunnar

Angela Heck

Snjófridur

Margaret Anne MacLeod

Amma

Heather Neale

Granddaughter

David Neale

Grandson

Don Hewak

John Ramsay

Ron Eyolfson

Pastor Osbaldison / Patient

Chris Johnson

Lord Dufferin

Donna Szöke

Fish Princess

Tiffany Taylor

Gunnar's Strolling Companion / Gimli Maiden

Linda Schinkel

Dying Mother

Jeff Solylo

Angry Husband

Randy Kray

Angel

George Toles

Angel with Mustache

Carmen Snidal

Sigvalda Sigurdsdottír

Brent Neale

Valdimar / Gimli Manfolk

Greg Klymkiw

Gravedigger #1

Ian Handford

Gravedigger #2 / Highlander

Caroline Bonner

Elfa Egilsdóttir / Nurse / Gimli Maiden

Michelle Hannesson

Nurse

Roberta Hannesson

Nurse

Martina Petriuk

Nurse

Jey Thibedeau

Nurse

Jennine Profeta

Nurse / Gimli Maiden

Bonnie Brown

Nurse

Allen Schinkel

Gimli Manfolk

Howard Curle

Gimli Manfolk

M.B. Duggan

Gimli Manfolk

John Bekavac

Gimli Manfolk

Stephen Snyder

Gimli Manfolk / Bleeding Patient / Highlander

Alan Baker

Gimli Manfolk

Dmitri

Gimli Manfolk

Michael Duggan

Gimli Manfolk

Yvette Nolan

Gimli Maiden

Kirsten McFeetors

Gimli Maiden

Laurie Richardson

Gimli Maiden / Dancer

Janice McRae

Gimli Maiden

Guy Maddin

Details

GenresComedy, Horror

Runtime1h 4 mins

Released on15 Apr 1988

Languageen

Produced InCanada

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