Cairo Station (1958)

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Cairo Station

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Stazione centrale / Estação Central do Cairo / Tatort… Hauptbahnhof Kairo / Gare centrale / Estación central / باب الحديد
director: Youssef Chahine
playwright: Abdel Hai Adib
actor: Farid Shawqy / Hind Rostom / Youssef Chahine / Hassan El Baroudy / Abdel Aziz Khalil
genre: Crime / Drama / Thriller
language: Arabic
release date: 1958-07-31 (Release)
IMDb: tt0051390

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باب الحديد

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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.

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