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.
as Einar the Lonely / Minstrel
as Gunnar
as Snjófridur
as Amma
as Granddaughter
as Grandson
as John Ramsay
as Pastor Osbaldison / Patient
as Lord Dufferin
as Fish Princess
as Gunnar's Strolling Companion / Gimli Maiden
as Dying Mother
as Angry Husband
as Angel
as Angel with Mustache
as Sigvalda Sigurdsdottír
as Valdimar / Gimli Manfolk
as Gravedigger #1
as Gravedigger #2 / Highlander
as Elfa Egilsdóttir / Nurse / Gimli Maiden
as Nurse
as Nurse
as Nurse
as Nurse
as Nurse / Gimli Maiden
as Nurse
as Gimli Manfolk / Patient
as Gimli Manfolk
as Gimli Manfolk
as Gimli Manfolk
as Gimli Manfolk
as Gimli Manfolk / Bleeding Patient / Highlander
as Gimli Manfolk
as Gimli Manfolk
as Gimli Manfolk
as Gimli Maiden
as Gimli Maiden
as Gimli Maiden / Dancer
as Gimli Maiden