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Watch the movie with a subscription on Kino Film Collection (HD). Rent the movie on Prime Video.

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Watch the movie free with a participating library card on Kanopy (HD) and myfilmfriend (HD).

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Where to Watch Tales from the Gimli Hospital (1988) in the US

1988
1h 12m
6.6IMDb
78%Rotten Tomatoes
71Metascore

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Watch the movie with a subscription on Kino Film Collection (HD).
Watch the movie free with a participating library card on Kanopy (HD) and myfilmfriend (HD).
Rent the movie on Prime Video.

What it's about

While their mother is dying in the modern Gimli, Manitoba hospital, two young children are told a tale by their Icelandic grandmother about Einar the Lonely, his friend Gunnar, and the angelic Snjofridur in a Gimli of old.

Cast and crew

Director: Guy Maddin
Writer: Guy Maddin
Starring: Kyle McCulloch, Michael Gottli, Angela Heck

Details

Release date: Apr 15, 1988
Language: Icelandic, English
Country: Canada
Awards: 1 nomination