
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.
Cast

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
Unknown
André Schneider
Man in Red (uncredited)
Crew

Peter Greenaway
Director, Writer
Elmer Leupen
Editor
Chris Wyatt
Editor
Joppo in de Grot
Editor
Jaap Praamstra
Editor
Reinier van Brummelen
Director of Photography

Wouter Barendrecht
Producer

Michael J. Werner
Producer
Carlo Dusi
Producer

Kees Kasander
Producer
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
Jet Christiaanse
Line Producer

Andrea Flesch
Costume Design
Borut Kržišnik
Original Music Composer
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