Tales from the Gimli Hospital

Guy Maddin
1988-04-15

It all happened in a Gimli we no longer know.
5.8
64 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Kyle McCulloch Einar the Lonely / Minstrel Unowned
Michael Gottli Gunnar Unowned
Angela Heck Snjófridur Unowned
Margaret Anne MacLeod Amma Unowned
Heather Neale Granddaughter Unowned
David Neale Grandson Unowned
Don Hewak John Ramsay Unowned
Ron Eyolfson Pastor Osbaldison / Patient Unowned
Chris Johnson Lord Dufferin Unowned
Donna Szöke Fish Princess Unowned
Tiffany Taylor Gunnar's Strolling Companion / Gimli Maiden Unowned
Linda Schinkel Dying Mother Unowned
Jeff Solylo Angry Husband Unowned
Randy Kray Angel Unowned
George Toles Angel with Mustache Unowned
Carmen Snidal Sigvalda Sigurdsdottír Unowned
Brent Neale Valdimar / Gimli Manfolk Unowned
Greg Klymkiw Gravedigger #1 Unowned
Ian Handford Gravedigger #2 / Highlander Unowned
Caroline Bonner Elfa Egilsdóttir / Nurse / Gimli Maiden Unowned
Michelle Hannesson Nurse Unowned
Roberta Hannesson Nurse Unowned
Martina Petriuk Nurse Unowned
Jey Thibedeau Nurse Unowned
Jennine Profeta Nurse / Gimli Maiden Unowned
Bonnie Brown Nurse Unowned
David James Lewis Gimli Manfolk / Patient Unowned
Allen Schinkel Gimli Manfolk Unowned
Howard Curle Gimli Manfolk Unowned
M.B. Duggan Gimli Manfolk Unowned
John Bekavac Gimli Manfolk Unowned
Stephen Snyder Gimli Manfolk / Bleeding Patient / Highlander Unowned
Alan Baker Gimli Manfolk Unowned
Dmitri Gimli Manfolk Unowned
Michael Duggan Gimli Manfolk Unowned
Yvette Nolan Gimli Maiden Unowned
Kirsten McFeetors Gimli Maiden Unowned
Laurie Richardson Gimli Maiden / Dancer Unowned
Janice McRae Gimli Maiden Unowned