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.
Einar the Lonely / Minstrel
Gunnar
Snjófridur
Amma
Granddaughter
Grandson
John Ramsay
Pastor Osbaldison / Patient
Lord Dufferin
Fish Princess
Gunnar's Strolling Companion / Gimli Maiden
Dying Mother
Angry Husband
Angel
Angel with Mustache
Sigvalda Sigurdsdottír
Valdimar / Gimli Manfolk
Gravedigger #1
Gravedigger #2 / Highlander
Elfa Egilsdóttir / Nurse / Gimli Maiden
Nurse
Nurse / Gimli Maiden
Gimli Manfolk / Patient
Gimli Manfolk
Gimli Manfolk / Bleeding Patient / Highlander
Gimli Maiden
Gimli Maiden / Dancer
Director
Additional Camera
Story Consultant
Editor
Sound
Writer
Cinematography
Assistant Director
Key Grip
Costume Design
Producer
Modeling
Negative Cutter
Art Direction
Sound Mixer
Makeup Artist