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Tales from the Gimli Hospital(1988)

It all happened in a Gimli we no longer know.

5.9(32)1h 4m1988-04-15

ComedyHorror

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.

Director:: Guy Maddin
Writers:: Guy Maddin, George Toles
Producers:: Greg Klymkiw, Stephen Snyder
Production:: Extra Large Productions, CIDO, Winnipeg Film Group
Budget:: $25,000
Status:: Released

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Cast

Kyle McCulloch

Kyle McCulloch

Einar the Lonely / Minstrel

Michael Gottli

Michael Gottli

Gunnar

Angela Heck

Angela Heck

Snjófridur

Margaret Anne MacLeod

Margaret Anne MacLeod

Amma

Heather Neale

Heather Neale

Granddaughter

David Neale

David Neale

Grandson

Don Hewak

Don Hewak

John Ramsay

Ron Eyolfson

Ron Eyolfson

Pastor Osbaldison / Patient

Chris Johnson

Chris Johnson

Lord Dufferin

Donna Szöke

Donna Szöke

Fish Princess

Tiffany Taylor

Tiffany Taylor

Gunnar's Strolling Companion / Gimli Maiden

Linda Schinkel

Linda Schinkel

Dying Mother