''The Young Tigers of Hong Kong'' (German: ''Die jungen Tiger von Hongkong'') is a 1969 West German

action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include l ...

directed by

Ernst Hofbauer Ernst Hofbauer (22 August 1925 – 24 February 1984) was an Austrian film director. Biography Hofbauer was born on 22 August 1925 in Vienna, Austria. He began his career as an assistant director in 1950 with ''Der keusche Adam''. His first film a ...

and starring Robert Woods,

Véronique Vendell Véronique Vendell (born Véronique Duraffourd, 21 July 1942) is a French actress. She appeared mainly in French and German productions, but had roles in both Peter Glenville's '' Becket'' and Sam Peckinpah's '' Cross of Iron'' and its sequel ' ...

and

Werner Pochath Werner Pochath (29 September 1939 – 18 April 1993) was an Austrian film actor. He worked in Germany, Italy and the United States, and then in the 1980s he began a second career as a Hollywood agent. He had been the partner of the ballet directo ...

.Bergfelder p.213 The film's sets were designed by the art director Peter Rothe.

Location shooting Location shooting is the shooting of a film or television production in a real-world setting rather than a sound stage or backlot. The location may be interior or exterior. The filming location may be the same in which the story is set (for ex ...

took place around

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

Cast

* Robert Woods as Rodney * Véronique Vendell as Ann * Werner Pochath as Walter * Barbara Capell as Christine * Jochen Busse as Carl van Dreegen * Solvi Stubing * Michael Bulmer * Las Franzin * Huk van Es * Ralf Wolter as Bob

References

Bibliography

* Bergfelder, Tim. ''International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s''. Berghahn Books, 2005.

External links

* 1969 films 1960s action films 1960s exploitation films German action films West German films 1960s German-language films Films directed by Ernst Hofbauer Films set in Hong Kong Films shot in Hong Kong 1960s German films {{1960s-Germany-film-stub