Movie·2005·2h 0m
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
Country
Italy
Language
Dutch
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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.
Producer
Wouter Barendrecht, Michael J. Werner
Cinematography
Reinier van Brummelen
Music
Borut Kržišnik
Editor
Elmer Leupen
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
4 votes
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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
// crew
Crew
Peter Greenaway
Director, Writer
Wouter Barendrecht
Producer
Michael J. Werner
Producer
Carlo Dusi
Producer
Kees Kasander
Producer
Reinier van Brummelen
Director of Photography
Borut Kržišnik
Original Music Composer
Elmer Leupen
Editor
Chris Wyatt
Editor
Joppo in de Grot
Editor
Jaap Praamstra
Editor
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