Released:
1988-04-15

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

Runtime:
1h 4min

Genre:
Comedy, Horror

• Cast:
• 
  Kyle McCulloch
  as
  Einar the Lonely / Minstrel
• 
  Michael Gottli
  as
  Gunnar
• 
  Angela Heck
  as
  Snjófridur
• 
  Margaret Anne MacLeod
  as
  Amma
• 
  Heather Neale
  as
  Granddaughter