The Sleep of Death

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

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

References

External links

• The Sleep of Death at IMDb