Tales from the Gimli Hospital
Tales from the Gimli Hospital

Tales from the Gimli Hospital

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1988
1h 4m
5.9(29 votes)
Comedy
Horror

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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39 members
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Kyle McCulloch

Einar the Lonely / Minstrel

Kyle McCulloch
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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

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George Toles

Angel with Mustache

George Toles
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Carmen Snidal

Sigvalda Sigurdsdottír

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Brent Neale

Valdimar / Gimli Manfolk

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Greg Klymkiw

Gravedigger #1

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Ian Handford

Gravedigger #2 / Highlander

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Caroline Bonner

Elfa Egilsdóttir / Nurse / Gimli Maiden

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Michelle Hannesson

Nurse

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Roberta Hannesson

Nurse

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Martina Petriuk

Nurse

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Jey Thibedeau

Nurse

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Jennine Profeta

Nurse / Gimli Maiden

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Bonnie Brown

Nurse

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David James Lewis

Gimli Manfolk / Patient

David James Lewis
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Allen Schinkel

Gimli Manfolk

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Howard Curle

Gimli Manfolk

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M.B. Duggan

Gimli Manfolk

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John Bekavac

Gimli Manfolk

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Stephen Snyder

Gimli Manfolk / Bleeding Patient / Highlander

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Alan Baker

Gimli Manfolk

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Dmitri

Gimli Manfolk

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Michael Duggan

Gimli Manfolk

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Yvette Nolan

Gimli Maiden

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Kirsten McFeetors

Gimli Maiden

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Laurie Richardson

Gimli Maiden / Dancer

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Janice McRae

Gimli Maiden

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