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. In the first of three parts, we follow Luper through three distinct episodes: as a child during the First World War; as an explorer in Mormon Utah; and as a writer in Belgium during the rise of fascism.
Peter Greenaway
Director, Writer

JJ Feild
Tulse Luper / Floris Creps

Raymond J. Barry
Stephan Figura

Ornella Muti
Mathilde Figura

Michèle Bernier
Sophie van Osterhuis

Valentina Cervi
Cissie Colpitts

Caroline Dhavernas
Passion Hockmeister

Scot Williams
Percy Hockmeister

Anna Galiena
Madame Plens

Debbie Harry
Fastidieux
Unfaithful67%
The French Lieutenant's Woman64%
The Devil's Double66%
Casualties of War71%
Original Sin61%
Escape from Sobibor72%
Asylum59%
Petulia60%
The Deer Hunter80%
Men in War66%
Hemingway & Gellhorn61%
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning58%
Born on the Fourth of July70%
The Man from Elysian Fields58%
Newness60%
Jungle Fever64%
Fifty Shades Freed67%
A Midnight Clear65%
Time Is Up65%
Edward II62%