A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper

The story

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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Tulse Luper

In release order

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story

2003

The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp

2003

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea

2004

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish

2005

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A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper

2005

Cast

J JJ FeildTulse Luper / Floris Creps R Roger ReesTulse Luper S Stephen BillingtonTulse Luper R Raymond J. BarryStephan Figura O Ornella MutiMathilde Figura S Steven MackintoshGünther Zeloty J Jordi MollàHypolite / Gaudí / Jan Palmerion R Ronald PickupMonsieur Moitessier I Isabella RosselliniMadame Moitessier F Franka PotenteTrixie Boudain D Debbie HarryFastidieux P Porgy FranssenOfficer Harpsch

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A Anna GalienaMadame Plens C Caroline DhavernasPassion Hockmeister S Scot WilliamsPercy Hockmeister R Roberto CitranRaoul Wallenberg M Michael CulkinLuper Authority N Noraly BeyerLeslie Cotumely / Thomas Papier D Drew MulliganMartino Knockavelli Y Yorick van WageningenJulian Lephrenic A Ana TorrentCharlotte des Arbres K Kevin TigheWilliam Gottschalk M Maria SchraderFelicite J Jack WouterseErik van Hoyten / The Stationmaster D Dewi Savage A André SchneiderMan in Red (uncredited)