trees to descend on his tormentors, but they only droop a little. Zephyr attempts to take her ring back from the statue of Venus but it falls over to crush her. Cain, nail in head, hallucinates that the cast has piled into a boat, then dies. Solti leaves Mandragora and Juliana follows. She asks Peter for his dog Aesop as a memento, and he agrees but first kills the dog. Peter retreats with Amelia to a wintry cave. Cast Nigel Whitmey as Peter Glahn (uncredited) Ross McMillan provides the overdubbed voice of Peter Glahn, also uncredited Pascale Bussières as Juliana Kossel Shelley Duvall as Amelia Glahn Frank Gorshin as Cain Ball Alice Krige as Zephyr Eccles R.H. Thomson as Dr. Isaac Solti Ross McMillan as Matthew Eccles The film's star is not credited: Nigel Whitmey plays the lead role of Peter Glahn, but had his name removed after the producers pressured director Maddin to remove Whitmey's voice from the film and replace it with Ross McMillan's. McMillan is not credited as the voice of Peter Glahn, meaning that the lead role is not credited on-screen. Release Twilight of the Ice Nymphs was released to home video on a three-film disc titled The Guy Maddin Collection, which also includes Maddin's short film The Heart of the World and his feature film Archangel. Twilight of the Ice Nymphs is also included on the DVD boxed set The Quintessential Guy Maddin: 5 Films from the Heart of Winnipeg, released by Zeitgeist Video, alongside Archangel, Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary, Careful, and Cowards Bend the Knee. Critical reception Twilight of the Ice Nymphs received mixed reviews, and Maddin himself expressed displeasure while working on the film, and disapproval afterwards. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported a 67% approval rating based on 9 reviews. Generally, critics considered Twilight a film for Maddin's core fans, although Lisa Alspector of the Chicago Reader noted that Maddin's "overwhelming stylization unexpectedly produces an emotional and psychological authenticity." References External links Brows Held High's take on the 1997 film 1997 films English-language Canadian films Canadian fantasy adventure films Canadian romantic fantasy films Films based on Norwegian novels Films based on works by Knut Hamsun Films based on works by Prosper Mérimée Films directed by Guy Maddin Films shot in Winnipeg Mariticide in fiction Films based on short fiction Films based on multiple works Films set on islands 1990s English-language films