1909 Hong Kong film
| Stealing a Roast Duck | |
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| Directed by | Liang Shaobo |
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| Production companies | Asia Film and Theater Company |
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| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | No Spoken Language |
Stealing a Roast Duck (Chinese: 偷燒鴨; pinyin: Tōu shāo yā; Jyutping: Tau1 siu1ap3) is a silent short directed by Liang Shao-Bo in 1909; it is considered the first film from Hong Kong. The film stars Lai Pak-hoi in a lead role, while Shao-Bo stars as the eponymous duck thief. Due to the Japanese destroying film to make bombs with nitrate, no copy of the film is extant; there has been doubt whether the film even actually existed. There are also signs that the film was shown in 1917 in Los Angeles, which would make it the earliest Chinese film with a foreign release.
Cast
- Lai Pak-hoi
- Liang Shao-Bo - duck thief
- Wong Chun-man
References
- "Liang Shaopo and《Stealing a Roast Duck》(1909)". The Chinese Mirror. December 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- Scott, Matthew (5 March 2009). "Quest for the long-lost roast duck". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- Yu, Poshek; Desser, David (25 March 2012). The Cinema of Hong Kong: History, Arts, Identity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 45–46. ISBN 9780521776028.
- Kar, Law; Bren, Frank; Ho, Sam (2004). Hong Kong Cinema: A Cross-cultural View. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 37. ISBN 9780810849860.
- Aitiken, Ian (17 March 2014). Hong Kong Documentary Film. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 22. ISBN 9780748664726.
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