
Tales from the Gimli Hospital
“It all happened in a Gimli we no longer know.”
1988·1h 4m·en
5.8
Overview
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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Details
- Director
- Guy Maddin
- Written by
- Guy Maddin
- Produced by
- Greg Klymkiw, Stephen Snyder
Released April 15, 1988·Canada·$25,000 budget
Cast

Kyle McCulloch
Einar the Lonely / Minstrel
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Michael Gottli
Gunnar
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Angela Heck
Snjófridur
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Margaret Anne MacLeod
Amma
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Heather Neale
Granddaughter
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David Neale
Grandson
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Don Hewak
John Ramsay
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Ron Eyolfson
Pastor Osbaldison / Patient
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Chris Johnson
Lord Dufferin
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Donna Szöke
Fish Princess
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Tiffany Taylor
Gunnar's Strolling Companion / Gimli Maiden
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Linda Schinkel
Dying Mother
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Jeff Solylo
Angry Husband
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Randy Kray
Angel

George Toles
Angel with Mustache
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Carmen Snidal
Sigvalda Sigurdsdottír






