Tales from the Gimli Hospital
1988 · Movie · 64 min · ★ 5.9 · 73% critics
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.
Also known as Gimli Saga · Pestilence
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Details
- Years
- 1988
- Release date
- 1988-04-15
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 64 min
- Critic score
- 73/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.9/10 (32 votes)
Themes
- avant-garde
Cast & crew
Kyle McCulloch
as Einar the Lonely / Minstrel
- MG
Michael Gottli
as Gunnar
- AH
Angela Heck
as Snjófridur
- MM
Margaret Anne MacLeod
as Amma
- HN
Heather Neale
as Granddaughter
- DN
David Neale
as Grandson
- DH
Don Hewak
as John Ramsay
- RE
Ron Eyolfson
as Pastor Osbaldison / Patient
- CJ
Chris Johnson
as Lord Dufferin
- DS
Donna Szöke
as Fish Princess
Directed by Guy Maddin