Strangers in Paradise

Strangers in Paradise

If You Can't Control Your Child -- There Is Someone Who Can!

PG 1984 · 82 min · ★ 4.6 · Science Fiction, Music

Mesmerist Jonathan Sage escapes Nazi Germany via a cryogenic tube. In the 1980s, a group of Fascist Americans thaw him out, hoping to use him as a way to rid their community of homosexuals, free-thinkers, and other "radicals."

Directed by Ulli Lommel · Written by Suzanna Love

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