Stealing a Roast Duck

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]

Stealing a Roast Duck
Directed by	Liang Shaobo
Starring	Lai Pak-hoi Liang Shao-Bo Wong Chun-man
Production companies	Asia Film and Theater Company
Release date	1909 (1909)
Country	Hong Kong
Language	No Spoken Language

Cast

• Lai Pak-hoi
• Liang Shao-Bo - duck thief
• Wong Chun-man