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. 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.
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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