Sleep of Death (a.k.a. The Inn of the Flying Dragon or The Sleep of Death) is a 1980 Swedish-Irish historical horror film written and directed by Calvin Floyd and starring Per Oscarsson, Curd Jürgens, Patrick Magee and Marilù Tolo.The film was shot in 1977.BFI.org It is based on the 1872 novella The Room in the Dragon Volant by Sheridan Le Fanu. The film's Swedish title is Ondskans Värdshus. It was released in Sweden in 1981.
Plot In 1815 at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, a young Englishman travels to France in pursuit of a woman, the Countess St. Alyre. Once there he meets some weird characters, including the Marquis D'Armanville, and he begins to experience otherworldly events as a series of murders occur.
Cast Per Oscarsson ... Colonel Gaillard Patrick Magee ... Marquis Curd Jürgens ... Count St. Alyre Marilù Tolo ... Countess Elga Brendan Price ... Robert Terence Niall Toibin ... Sean Kay Maclaren ... Old Woman Barry Cassins ... The Count's Brother Christopher Casson ... Sir Philip Terence John Molloy ... Priest Ray McAnally ... Inspector Carmingac Archie O'Sullivan ... Chemist Bill Foley ... Colonel's Orderly Jacinta Martín ... First Maid Olwen Fouere ... Second Maid
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