A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
2005 | 120m | English
Popularity: 0.9 (history)
| Director: | Peter Greenaway |
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| Writer: | Peter Greenaway |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 07, 2005 |
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| Director: | Peter Greenaway |
| Writer: | Peter Greenaway |
| Genres: | War, Adventure, Drama, History |
| Keywords | imprisonment, suitcase, anthology, fictional biography, 20th century, edited from film |
| Production Companies | Kasander Film Company, Gam Films, Focusfilm Kft., ABS Production, Intuit Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 31, 2026 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Anna Galiena | Madame Plens |
| Caroline Dhavernas | Passion Hockmeister |
| Scot Williams | Percy Hockmeister |
| Roberto Citran | Raoul Wallenberg |
| Michael Culkin | Luper Authority |
| Noraly Beyer | Leslie Cotumely / Thomas Papier |
| Drew Mulligan | Martino Knockavelli |
| Yorick van Wageningen | Julian Lephrenic |
| Ana Torrent | Charlotte des Arbres |
| Kevin Tighe | William Gottschalk |
| Maria Schrader | Felicite |
| Jack Wouterse | Erik van Hoyten / The Stationmaster |
| Dewi Savage | |
| André Schneider | Man in Red (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Peter Greenaway | Writer, Director |
| Jet Christiaanse | Line Producer |
| Reinier van Brummelen | Director of Photography |
| Borut Kržišnik | Original Music Composer |
| Elmer Leupen | Editor |
| Andrea Flesch | Costume Design |
| Chris Wyatt | Editor |
| Joppo in de Grot | Editor |
| Jaap Praamstra | Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Antoni Solé | Co-Producer |
| Eva Baró | Co-Producer |
| Klaus Volkenborn | Co-Producer |
| Sándor Sőth | Co-Producer |
| Áron Sipos | Co-Producer |
| Elisabetta Riga | Co-Producer |
| Gherardo Pagliei | Co-Producer |
| Victoria Goodall | Co-Producer |
| Jimmy de Brabant | Co-Producer |
| Wouter Barendrecht | Producer |
| Michael J. Werner | Producer |
| Carlo Dusi | Producer |
| Kees Kasander | Producer |
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