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
Nurse
Nurse
Nurse / Gimli Maiden
Nurse
Gimli Manfolk / Patient
Gimli Manfolk
Gimli Manfolk
Gimli Manfolk
Gimli Manfolk
Gimli Manfolk / Bleeding Patient / Highlander
Gimli Manfolk
Gimli Manfolk
Gimli Manfolk
Gimli Maiden
Gimli Maiden
Gimli Maiden / Dancer
Gimli Maiden
