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A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper

5.3

2005•2h

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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Photo of JJ Feild

JJ Feild

Tulse Luper / Floris Creps

Photo of Roger Rees

Roger Rees

Tulse Luper

Photo of Stephen Billington

Stephen Billington

Tulse Luper

Photo of Raymond J. Barry

Raymond J. Barry

Stephan Figura

Photo of Ornella Muti

Ornella Muti

Mathilde Figura

Photo of Steven Mackintosh

Steven Mackintosh

Günther Zeloty

Photo of Jordi Mollà

Jordi Mollà

Hypolite / Gaudí / Jan Palmerion

Photo of Ronald Pickup

Ronald Pickup

Monsieur Moitessier

Photo of Isabella Rossellini

Isabella Rossellini

Madame Moitessier

Photo of Franka Potente

Franka Potente

Trixie Boudain

Photo of Debbie Harry

Debbie Harry

Fastidieux

Photo of Porgy Franssen

Porgy Franssen

Officer Harpsch

Photo of Anna Galiena

Anna Galiena

Madame Plens

Photo of Caroline Dhavernas

Caroline Dhavernas

Passion Hockmeister

Photo of Scot Williams

Scot Williams

Percy Hockmeister

Photo of Roberto Citran

Roberto Citran

Raoul Wallenberg

Photo of Michael Culkin

Michael Culkin

Luper Authority

Photo of Yorick van Wageningen

Yorick van Wageningen

Julian Lephrenic

Photo of Ana Torrent

Ana Torrent

Charlotte des Arbres

Photo of Kevin Tighe

Kevin Tighe

William Gottschalk

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