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Cairo Station (1958)
Directed by Youssef Chahine
Crime, Drama, Thriller · 1h 17m
Qinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed with Hanuma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks. While she jokes with him about a possible relationship, she is actually in love with Abu Siri, a strong and respected porter at the station who is struggling to unionize his fellow workers to combat their boss' exploitative and abusive treatment.
Cast
Farid Shawqy
Abu Siri
Hind Rostom
Hanuma
Youssef Chahine
Qinawi
Hassan El Baroudy
Madbouli
Abdel Aziz Khalil
Abo Gaber
Ahmed Abaza
Mansour
Essmat Mahmoud
Hussain Ismael
راكب بالقطار
Naima Wasfi
زعيمة منظمة المراة الحرة
Abdel Ghani El Nagdi
مسافر صعيدي
Abdel Hameed Badawy
الشاويش حسنين
Hanaa Abdel Fattah
Crew
- Director
- Youssef Chahine
- Screenplay
- Abdel Hai Adib
- Director of Photography
- Alevise Orfanelli
- Original Music Composer
- Fouad El-Zahry
- Editor
- Kamal Abul Ela
- Producer
- Gabriel Talhami
Details
- Original title
- باب الحديد
- Release date
- 1958-07-31
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Original language
- AR
- Spoken languages
- Arabic
- Countries
- Egypt
- Production
- ستديو الأهرام (ستديوهات الأهرام), أفلام النيل (جبرائيل تلحمي)