Maria Peters

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Maria Peters

Born March 30, 1958 · Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles (age 68)

Maria Peters is a Dutch film director and screenwriter and one of the founders of Shooting Star Filmcompany, along with her husband Dave Schram.

Known For

Brylcream BoulevardBrylcream Boulevard · 1995
Brylcream Boulevard
9.01995
MovieDramaComedy
In this sequel to Blueberry Hill, the boys of the Catholic metal working-class, who are now all working, decide to take revenge on the hated former principal Verbiest, after the sanctimonious 'pillar of society' assaulted one of their girls.
Lovely LizaLovely Liza · 1997
Lovely Liza
1997
MovieDrama
PreyPrey · 2016
Prey
5.62016
MovieHorrorThriller
A zoo veterinarian gets caught up in a grisly adventure as she finds herself leading the city-wide hunt for a monstrous lion terrorizing the Dutch capital of Amsterdam.
TransitTransit · 1992
Transit
9.01992
MovieDrama
Four illegal Brazilian musicians come to try their luck in dynamic Amsterdam... It will be a survival of the fittest.
The ConductorThe Conductor · 2018
The Conductor
7.62018
MovieDramaHistory
United States, 1926: Dutch 24-year-old Willy Wolters has immigrated to the American continent with her parents as a child. She dreams of becoming a conductor, but this is an ambition that no one takes seriously. Unbeknownst to her, she'll also become Antonia Brico.
The Purse SnatcherThe Purse Snatcher · 1995
The Purse Snatcher
6.51995
MovieDramaFamily
Alex is very close to his elderly grandmother partly because his busy parents seem to have little or no time for him. One day he surprises two boys from his school leaving her house and is shocked to find her tied up inside – they have robbed her! Alex is sworn to secrecy as his gran is worried that her daughter will think her incompetent. This secret leads Alex into trouble as the two boys accost him in the street and bully him into becoming a pickpocket ("tasjesdief") for them, mugging old ladies. Alex learns how to deal with this situation in the end.
Graffiti DetectiveGraffiti Detective · 2013
Graffiti Detective
2013
Movie
In the Netherlands, art gets a young boy into trouble, but it also saves the day.
Peter BellPeter Bell · 2002
Peter Bell
5.62002
MovieFamilyComedy
Peter is a cheerful -- but not very obedient -- boy from a very ordinary family in pre-war Rotterdam. His many pranks amuse some and cause a lot of trouble to others, even making the front pages of the big city newspapers. His growing popularity brings him many new friends, but also some very powerful enemies.

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Little CrumbLittle Crumb · 1999
Little Crumb
6.31999
MovieDramaFamily
The film is based on the popular Dutch childrens book by Chris van Abkoude. In a Dutch port in 1921 lives a 10-year-old orphan boy known to everyone simply as Little Crumb. His poverty-stricken mother Lize van Dien filled with shame was forced to turn him over to Mrs. Koster soon after he was born. Foster mother Mrs. Koster, who has cared for him since he was a baby, is very poor too, unable to support him by herself and proves to be a cruel taskmaster who insists Crumb bring her money before shell feed him. Somehow he must earn his keep out on the streets and can only go home after he has earned enough money. Crumb becomes an urchin stealing from the streets barrows and the shops to stay alive, sleeping in churches or huddled in doorways. Sometimes he has to run off from the police and he has earned the enmity of the most grownups around him.

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