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The Sleep of Death
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Wikipedia article
'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 Jrgens, Patrick Magee and Maril Tolo.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090118075113/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/302075 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 Vrdshus'.
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 Jrgens ... Count St. Alyre
* Maril 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 Martn ... First Maid
* Olwen Fouere ... Second Maid
References
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