Tales from the Gimli Hospital

Tales from the Gimli Hospital

68 mins | Horror, Fantasy | April 15, 1988

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

Tales from the Gimli Hospital

68 mins | Horror, Fantasy | April 15, 1988

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 Ainar the lonely, his friend Gunnar, and the angelic Snjofrieder in a Gimli of old.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers The Canada Manitoba Cultural Industries Development Office (CIDO), Winnipeg Film Group, Extra Large Productions
Original title Tales from the Gimli Hospital
Directors Kyle McCulloch, Guy Maddin
Writers George Toles, Guy Maddin

Cast

Kyle McCulloch

as Einar the Lonely / Minstrel

Michael Gottli

as Gunnar

Angela Heck

as Snjófridur

Heather Neale

as Granddaughter

David Neale

as Grandson

Don Hewak

as John Ramsay

Ron Eyolfson

as Pastor Osbaldison / Patient

Chris Johnson

as Lord Dufferin

Donna Szöke

as Fish Princess

Tiffany Taylor

as Gunnar's Strolling Companion / Gimli Maiden

Linda Schinkel

as Dying Mother

Jeff Solylo

as Angry Husband

Randy Kray

as Angel

George Toles

as Angel with Mustache

Carmen Snidal

as Sigvalda Sigurdsdottír

Brent Neale

as Valdimar / Gimli Manfolk

Greg Klymkiw

as Gravedigger #1

Ian Handford

as Gravedigger #2 / Highlander

Caroline Bonner

as Elfa Egilsdóttir / Nurse / Gimli Maiden

Martina Petriuk

as Nurse

Jey Thibedeau

as Nurse

Jennine Profeta

as Nurse / Gimli Maiden

Bonnie Brown

as Nurse

David Lewis

as Gimli Manfolk / Patient

Allen Schinkel

as Gimli Manfolk

Howard Curle

as Gimli Manfolk

M.B. Duggan

as Gimli Manfolk

John Bekavac

as Gimli Manfolk

Stephen Snyder

as Gimli Manfolk / Bleeding Patient / Highlander

Alan Baker

as Gimli Manfolk

Dmitri

as Gimli Manfolk

Michael Duggan

as Gimli Manfolk

Yvette Nolan

as Gimli Maiden

Kirsten McFeetors

as Gimli Maiden

Laurie Richardson

as Gimli Maiden / Dancer

Janice McRae

as Gimli Maiden