| Soft Hands | |
|---|---|
| الأيدي الناعمة | |
| Directed by | Mahmoud Zulfikar |
| Written by | Tawfiq al-Hakim |
| Screenplay by | Youssef Gohar |
| Based on | Soft Hands (book) |
| Starring | Sabah Salah Zulfikar Ahmed Mazhar Mariam Fakhr Eddine |
| Cinematography | Aly Kheiralla Wadid Sirry |
| Edited by | Fekry Rostom |
| Music by | Ali Ismael |
Production company | The General Company for Arab Film Production |
| Distributed by | Al Sharq Films Distribution |
Release date |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | Egypt |
| Language | Egyptian Arabic |
Soft Hands (Arabic: الأيدي الناعمة, translit.al-aydi al-nā'ima) is a 1963 Egyptian comedy film directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar. It is based on a play of the same name by Egyptian playwright Tawfiq al-Hakim (1953). It features an ensemble cast that includes Sabah, Salah Zulfikar, Ahmed Mazhar, Mariam Fakhr Eddine and Laila Taher. The film was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival. The film a member of the Top 100 Egyptian films list.[1]
The plot involves a formerly landed aristocrat dispossessed by the 1952 Egyptian Revolution. The plot follows the aristocrat's struggle coming to terms with the reality of needing to work for a living, after being stripped of all landownership. He meets a similarly jobless doctorate in the Arabic language, who, like him, is not willing to accept a job below his stature. Both must adjust to the new social and political realities in a new Nasserite socialist Egypt.[2]