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Tales from the Gimli Hospital
“It all happened in a Gimli we no longer know.”
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.
Directed by Guy Maddin
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User score
32 votes
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Status
Released
Released
April 15, 1988
Runtime
1h 4m
Language
Icelandic, English
Budget → Revenue
$25K → —
Top cast
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
