Restored Egyptian Classics · 47th Edition
The Soft hands
Director
Mahmoud Zulfikar
Country
Egypt
Runtime
2 h 17 min
Language
Arabic
Synopsis
A wealthy man, living alone, disowns his two daughters. Things change when all his estates are seized, and a young man convinces him to rent out his mansion.
About the Director
An Egyptian actor, producer, and director, he was born in the city of Tanta, in the Gharbia Governorate. He completed his secondary education (the *Tawjihiya* certificate) in 1930, followed by a diploma in architecture in 1935, and subsequently began working as an engineer in the design department of the Ministry of Public Works.Later, he resigned from the Ministry of Public Works and joined the Ministry of Awqaf (Endowments). It was there that he met director Hussein Fawzi, who cast him in a lead role opposite Aziza Amir in the 1937 film *Baya’at al-Tuffah* (The Apple Seller). This marked the beginning of a long career, during which he acted in, produced, or wrote more than one hundred artistic works.
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