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It all happened in a Gimli we no longer know.

Tales from the Gimli Hospital

5.9 / 10 5.9 1988 1h 4m

ComedyHorror

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.

Directed by Guy Maddin

VISUAL NOTES

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CAST

The people behind the story

Kyle McCulloch

Kyle McCullochEinar the Lonely / Minstrel

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Michael GottliGunnar

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Angela HeckSnjófridur

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Margaret Anne MacLeodAmma

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Heather NealeGranddaughter

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David NealeGrandson

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Don HewakJohn Ramsay

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Ron EyolfsonPastor Osbaldison / Patient