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The Sleep of Death (1981)
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The Sleep of Death is a 1980 Swedish-Irish historical horror film directed by Calvin Floyd and starring Per Oscarsson, Patrick Magee and Marilù Tolo. It is based on the novel The Room at the Flying Dragon by Sheridan Le Fanu. In 1815 at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, a young Englishman travels to France in pursuit of a woman. Once there he begins to experience otherworldly events. Its Swedish title is Ondskans Värdshus.
Actors
Per Oscarsson
(Colonel Gaillard)
Patrick Magee
(Marquis)
Marilù Tolo
Brendan Price
(Robert Terence)
Niall Tóibín
(Sean)
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