The Sleep of Death
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| Directed by | Calvin Floyd |
| Starring | Curd Jürgens Per Oscarsson Patrick Magee Marilù Tolo |
| Music by | Ragnar Grippe |
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The Sleep of Death (a.k.a. The Inn of the Flying Dragon) 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.[1] 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.
Plot
[edit]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
[edit]- 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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