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De Zwarte Meteoor is a film of genre Drama directed by Guido Pieters with Gijs Scholten van Aschat
De Zwarte Meteoor (2000)
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Add to a movie listThe Black Meteor is a 2000 Dutch film directed by Guido Pieters. The film is based on the novel by Tom Egbers, a Dutch sports journalist, which was adapted for the screen by Kees van Beijnum. The novel fictionalizes the story of Steve Mokone, the first black player to play in a professional European league.
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The movie is set in the 1950s, when soccer club SC Heracles from Almelo, in the rural east of the Netherlands, acquires an African player. Steve Mokone makes Heracles a successful team, while changing every aspect of life in the small city. Mokone builds a unique friendship with the 15-year-old Felix, but then leaves town as quickly as he came.Actors
Gijs Scholten van Aschat
(Schouten, Heracles chairman)
Lieneke le Roux
Thekla Reuten
(Vera)
Caro Lenssen
Frank Lammers
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