The first of three parts, we follow Tulse Luper in 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. Packed with stylistic flourishes, it's a dense, comic study of 20th century history, revolving around the contents of one man's suitcases. The Tulse Luper Suitcases reconstructs the life of Tulse Luper, a professional writer and project-maker, caught up in a life of prisons. He was born in 1911 in Newport, South Wales and presumably last heard of in 1989. His life is reconstructed from the evidence of 92 suitcases found around the world—92 being the atomic number of the element Uranium. The project by Peter Greenaway includes three feature films, a TV series, 92 DVDs, CD-ROMs, and books.
JJ Feild
as Tulse Luper
Caroline Dhavernas
as Passion Hockmeister
Jordi Mollà
as Jan Palmerion
Steven Mackintosh
as Gunther Zeloty
Raymond J. Barry
as Stephen Figura
Scot Williams
as Percy Hockmeister
Drew Mulligan
as Martino Knockavelli
Yorick van Wageningen
as Julian Lephrenic
Jack Wouterse
as Erik van Hoyten
Naím Thomas
as Hercule
Nilo Mur
as Pip
Valentina Cervi
as Cissie Colpitts
