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A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
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A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper

2005-07-07 · 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.

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Directors
Peter Greenaway
Production companies
Intuit Pictures, ABS Production, Gam Films, Focusfilm Kft., Kasander Film Company
Countries
Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Hungary
Status
Released

Top Cast

JJ FeildJJ FeildTulse Luper / Floris Creps
Roger ReesRoger ReesTulse Luper
Stephen BillingtonStephen BillingtonTulse Luper
Raymond J. BarryRaymond J. BarryStephan Figura
Ornella MutiOrnella MutiMathilde Figura
Steven MackintoshSteven MackintoshGünther Zeloty
Jordi MollàJordi MollàHypolite / Gaudí / Jan Palmerion
Ronald PickupRonald PickupMonsieur Moitessier
Isabella RosselliniIsabella RosselliniMadame Moitessier
Franka PotenteFranka PotenteTrixie Boudain
Debbie HarryDebbie HarryFastidieux
Porgy FranssenPorgy FranssenOfficer Harpsch
Anna GalienaAnna GalienaMadame Plens
Caroline DhavernasCaroline DhavernasPassion Hockmeister
Scot WilliamsScot WilliamsPercy Hockmeister
Roberto CitranRoberto CitranRaoul Wallenberg
Michael CulkinMichael CulkinLuper Authority
Noraly BeyerNoraly BeyerLeslie Cotumely / Thomas Papier
Drew MulliganMartino Knockavelli
Yorick van WageningenYorick van WageningenJulian Lephrenic

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