The production company, which was created on a per-share basis of 200.000 pesetas distributed among professionals, architects, doctors, etc., was able to give the technical team the economic support necessary to make real its new concept of cinema.
Opera prima of director Fernando Colomo and first film of what would later be called "la comedia madrileña".
The film is set in Madrid on the dates of the Legislative Elections of 1977, the first in democracy is Spain since the II Republic.
Despite its title, inspired by Mao's famous phrase about the fragility of the imperialist threat, 'Tigres de papel' is not a political movie.