Stealing a Roast Duck
| 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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3][4][5]
Cast[edit]
- Lai Pak-hoi
- Liang Shao-Bo - duck thief
- Wong Chun-man
References[edit]
- ^ "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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