A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper

A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper

2005 · 120 min · ★ 5.8 · History, Adventure, War, Drama

A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Luper. Born in 1911 Newport and last heard of in 1989, Luper’s life is pieced together from the evidence found in 92 suitcases scattered across the globe. A Life in Suitcases condenses the six-hour trilogy into a single two-hour feature, and in doing so, accentuates the project as a filmic essay in multiple narratives, listings, sidebars, footnotes, commentaries and anecdotes; a project for an Information Age ready to understand that there never is a phenomenon called History, there can only be Historians, gatekeepers to vested interests.

Directed by Peter Greenaway · Written by Peter Greenaway

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JJ Feild Tulse Luper / Floris Creps
Roger Rees Tulse Luper
Stephen Billington Tulse Luper
Raymond J. Barry Stephan Figura
Ornella Muti Mathilde Figura
Steven Mackintosh Günther Zeloty
Jordi Mollà Hypolite / Gaudí / Jan Palmerion
Ronald Pickup Monsieur Moitessier
Isabella Rossellini Madame Moitessier
Franka Potente Trixie Boudain
Debbie Harry Fastidieux
Porgy Franssen Officer Harpsch

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