"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."
Kyle McCulloch
as Einar the Lonely / Minstrel
Michael Gottli
as Gunnar
Angela Heck
as Snjófridur
Margaret Anne MacLeod
as Amma
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
Michelle Hannesson
as Nurse
Roberta Hannesson
Martina Petriuk
Jey Thibedeau
Jennine Profeta
as Nurse / Gimli Maiden
Bonnie Brown
David James Lewis
as Gimli Manfolk / Patient
Allen Schinkel
as Gimli Manfolk
Howard Curle
M.B. Duggan
John Bekavac
Stephen Snyder
as Gimli Manfolk / Bleeding Patient / Highlander
Alan Baker
Dmitri
Michael Duggan
Yvette Nolan
as Gimli Maiden
Kirsten McFeetors
Laurie Richardson
as Gimli Maiden / Dancer
Janice McRae
Guy Maddin
Director
Carol Pickering
Additional Camera
Story Consultant
Editor
Laurence Mardon
Sound
Lorne Bailey
Writer
Cinematography
Assistant Director
Key Grip
Costume Design
Producer
Rick Atkinson
Modeling
Dawna Noga
Negative Cutter
Art Direction
Clive Perry
Sound Mixer
Makeup Artist
Holly Gregory