Maria Peters

Maria Peters

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

  • Title: Maria Peters
  • Popularity: 0.2105
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1958-03-30
  • Place of Birth: Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
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Maria Peters Movies

  • 2013
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    Regret!

    Regret!

    7.3 2013 HD

    A David's classmate, Jochem, is harassed by three bullies, but nobody does anything at school, not even David, who feels guilty for not pointing out the culprits.

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  • 2003
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    Peter Bell II: The Hunt for the Czar Crown

    Peter Bell II: The Hunt for the Czar Crown

    5.1 2003 HD

    Peter Bell and his Black Hand gang tangle with evil newspaper tycoon Stark once again, as the latter schemes to steal a priceless royal crown with his two cronies.

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  • 2003
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    Peter Bell II: The Hunt for the Czar Crown

    Peter Bell II: The Hunt for the Czar Crown

    5.1 2003 HD

    Peter Bell and his Black Hand gang tangle with evil newspaper tycoon Stark once again, as the latter schemes to steal a priceless royal crown with his two cronies.

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  • 2006
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    XTC Just Don't Do It

    XTC Just Don't Do It

    6.2 2006 HD

    Melissa is a 15-year-old girl who loves to dance. Her parents think she is taking classes in classical ballet, but once at the dance school she devotes herself to the hip-hop dance classes. Melissa is good friends with Jordi and he is very happy for Melissa when she is asked to dance in the music video of the famous rapper Brainpower. But because of bad influences, her life becomes a nightmare. Until her real friends decide to get her out of there.

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  • 2002
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    Peter Bell

    Peter Bell

    5.5 2002 HD

    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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  • 2002
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    Peter Bell

    Peter Bell

    5.5 2002 HD

    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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  • 2011
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    Sonny Boy

    Sonny Boy

    6.538 2011 HD

    Waldemar Nods, a young man from Suriname, meets the older Dutch woman Rika van der Lans and they fall in love. In pre-WWII Netherlands they could not be more different. The one black, the other white, 17 years between them and on top of that Rika already has four children with another man. They love each other, but then Rika appears to be pregnant.

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  • 2011
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    Sonny Boy

    Sonny Boy

    6.538 2011 HD

    Waldemar Nods, a young man from Suriname, meets the older Dutch woman Rika van der Lans and they fall in love. In pre-WWII Netherlands they could not be more different. The one black, the other white, 17 years between them and on top of that Rika already has four children with another man. They love each other, but then Rika appears to be pregnant.

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  • 2012
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    Mike Says Goodbye!

    Mike Says Goodbye!

    5.9 2012 HD

    After bouncing back from leukemia, 10-year-old Mike is ready to leave the hospital, but his mother never arrives to take him home.

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  • 1995
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    The Purse Snatcher

    The Purse Snatcher

    6 1995 HD

    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.

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  • 1995
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    The Purse Snatcher

    The Purse Snatcher

    6 1995 HD

    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.

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  • 2011
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    Sonny Boy

    Sonny Boy

    6.538 2011 HD

    Waldemar Nods, a young man from Suriname, meets the older Dutch woman Rika van der Lans and they fall in love. In pre-WWII Netherlands they could not be more different. The one black, the other white, 17 years between them and on top of that Rika already has four children with another man. They love each other, but then Rika appears to be pregnant.

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  • 2014
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    Painkillers

    Painkillers

    6 2014 HD

    Casper has never met his father and lives alone with his mother Marit. He likes to spend his free time playing the piano, so he is thrilled when he is chosen to become a pianist in a youth orchestra – and especially when he makes friends with Anouk. She knows what Casper is going through when he learns that his mother is seriously ill: Marit has cancer. Scared of what might happen to her, Casper and his best friend Pim decide to find his father.

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  • 1994
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    De nietsnut

    De nietsnut

    1 1994 HD

    For all his life Frank Goudvis has tried not to follow in the footsteps of his father. When his father is mysteriously murdered, Frank loses his alibi for his cherished passivity and decides to travel to the crime scene.

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  • 2023
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    Juf Braaksel en De Magische Ring

    Juf Braaksel en De Magische Ring

    4.5 2023 HD

    Lotte and Thijs go to a great school and have a sweet teacher, Miss Evi. But then the awful Miss Brakel becomes principal and makes all sorts of rules: no phones, birthdays are no longer allowed, and treats are strictly forbidden. So the class gives her a nickname: Miss Vomit. They devise a plan to get rid of her, while Lotte also has a secret that needs solving. Can Miss Evi's magic ring help?

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  • 2009
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    Lover of Loser

    Lover of Loser

    7.1 2009 HD

    When teen Eva falls for a stranger who then helps abduct her, it's up to her mild-mannered sweetheart, Mees, to find and rescue her.

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  • 2008
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    Radeloos

    Radeloos

    7.2 2008 HD

    In Radeloos, Yara has had a crush on Paco for a while. He goes to her school and DJs at parties. But Paco is into Floor and doesn't notice her. Could it be because she's too fat? Yara's mother wants her daughter to become a model, but Yara actually wants to go to art school. She decides to lose weight by eating less.

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  • 2011
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    Furious

    Furious

    6.9 2011 HD

    Sven (15) will be director and has been busy filming. He films his friends, especially those to do free running and put the videos on YouTube. He asks Roosmarijn to work on his first feature film. They may not know that he gets a thrashing at home regularly. He manages his bruises for anyone to hide until he one day so badly that he absconds with his grandmother. Thus he misses his birthday. Roosmarijn thinks he likes her anymore and his friends are angry with him. He decides to once and for all to deal with his father until he discovered why his father beats him.

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  • 2007
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    Timboektoe

    Timboektoe

    5.875 2007 HD

    Isa and her older brother Kars' parents change course and start a campsite in France. Isa and Kars feel like they are moving to Timbuktu and losing everything. Fortunately, they don't complain for long, because they soon make new friends. But while new friendships blossom, Camping Timbuktu runs into trouble. Not far from them, another campsite has opened, and its unsympathetic owner tries to damage Camping Timbuktu in every way possible. It even looks like the campsite will have to close... Will Isa and Kars manage to keep Timbuktu open?

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  • 2013
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    Regret!

    Regret!

    7.3 2013 HD

    A David's classmate, Jochem, is harassed by three bullies, but nobody does anything at school, not even David, who feels guilty for not pointing out the culprits.

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  • 1999
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    Little Crumb

    Little Crumb

    6.2 1999 HD

    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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  • 1999
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    Little Crumb

    Little Crumb

    6.2 1999 HD

    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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  • 2014
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    Painkillers

    Painkillers

    6 2014 HD

    Casper has never met his father and lives alone with his mother Marit. He likes to spend his free time playing the piano, so he is thrilled when he is chosen to become a pianist in a youth orchestra – and especially when he makes friends with Anouk. She knows what Casper is going through when he learns that his mother is seriously ill: Marit has cancer. Scared of what might happen to her, Casper and his best friend Pim decide to find his father.

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  • 2016
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    Enough!

    Enough!

    6.7 2016 HD

    When a boy is framed after an act of senseless violence by his friends, they turn against him for trying to tell the truth.

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  • 2016
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    Prey

    Prey

    5.615 2016 HD

    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.

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  • 2018
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    The Conductor

    The Conductor

    7.632 2018 HD

    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.

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  • 2018
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    The Conductor

    The Conductor

    7.632 2018 HD

    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.

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  • 2012
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    Cop vs. Killer

    Cop vs. Killer

    6.3 2012 HD

    Enigmatic Dutch crime lord Mirko is always a step ahead of the national police team. When Mirko's gang are forced to kill Russian mob baron Jegor's cousin Oleg, the cops hope their time has come. Both sides resort to dirty tricks, testing loyalties and using the antagonists' daughters and independent pimp Aziz for blackmail, which makes several bloody victims.

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  • 2014
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    Freeze

    Freeze

    1 2014 HD

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  • 1992
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    Priest Daens

    Priest Daens

    7.1 1992 HD

    In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He's expelled from the Catholic party, so he starts the Christian Democrats and is elected to Parliament. After Rome disciplines him, he must choose between two callings, as priest and as champion of workers. In subplots, a courageous young woman falls in love with a socialist and survives a shop foreman's rape; children die; prelates play billiards.

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  • 2016
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    Enough!

    Enough!

    6.7 2016 HD

    When a boy is framed after an act of senseless violence by his friends, they turn against him for trying to tell the truth.

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  • 2006
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    XTC Just Don't Do It

    XTC Just Don't Do It

    6.2 2006 HD

    Melissa is a 15-year-old girl who loves to dance. Her parents think she is taking classes in classical ballet, but once at the dance school she devotes herself to the hip-hop dance classes. Melissa is good friends with Jordi and he is very happy for Melissa when she is asked to dance in the music video of the famous rapper Brainpower. But because of bad influences, her life becomes a nightmare. Until her real friends decide to get her out of there.

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  • 2009
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    Lover of Loser

    Lover of Loser

    7.1 2009 HD

    When teen Eva falls for a stranger who then helps abduct her, it's up to her mild-mannered sweetheart, Mees, to find and rescue her.

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  • 1998
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    De Pijnbank

    De Pijnbank

    8 1998 HD

    The new bank manager tries to get rid of two difficult bank employees by playing them off against each other in a devious way. Looking for weaknesses, acquired privileges are withdrawn and one employee is used to catch the other committing fraud. The pressure continues to mount. Then a former customer is brought in, a man bent on revenge who still hasn't gotten over a bankruptcy from the distant past.

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  • 2013
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    Graffiti Detective

    Graffiti Detective

    1 2013 HD

    In the Netherlands, art gets a young boy into trouble, but it also saves the day.

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