Body Switch (1995)

Director
Ulf Pilgaard

Main cast
Ulf Pilgaard; Morten Schaffalitzky; Kenn Godske; Helle Fagralid; Jannie Faurschou

Genres
Drama, Sci-Fi, Romance, Thriller

Description
A dying elderly scientist proposes love-sick Jonas a cure that will improve the youngster's physical skills and general sex-appeal. What the scientist really aims to accomplish is a body switch: he wants to survive in a young man's body and gladly leaves Jonas to wake up in his own wasted frame. Jonas must somehow signal his predicament to his friends. Both men rev up for a survival-of-the-fittest chase.


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