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Cairo Station (1958) [N/A]

Release Date:
July 31, 1958

Original Title:
باب الحديد

Alternate Titles:
Bab el hadid
Bahnhof Cairo
Bāb al-Ḥadīd
Cairo Station
Dworzec centralny
Estación Cairo
Estación central
Estação Central de Cairo
Estação Central do Cairo
Estação do Cairo
Gare centrale
Gorsaf Cairo
Hlavní nádraží
Kairo centralstation
Kairói állomás
Kaïrostasie
Keskusasema
Merkez Garı
Nhà ga Cairo
Stazione centrale
Tatort Hauptbahnhof Kairo
Tatort… Hauptbahnhof Kairo
The Iron Gate
Κάιρο: Κεντρικός Σταθμός
Железные ворота
Каирский вокзал
Каїрський вокзал
באב אל-חדיד
درب آهنی
ไคโร สเตชั่น
カイロ中央駅
开罗车站
開羅車站
카이로 역
카이로 중앙역

Genres:
Crime | Drama | Thriller

Production Companies:
Al-Ahramm Studios
Gabriel Talhami Film

Production Countries:
Egypt

Ratings / Certifications:
GB: 12 

Runtime: 77

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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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Additional Music:
Miklós Rózsa

Art Direction:
Gabriel Karraze

Dialogue:
Mohamed Abu Youssef

Director:
Youssef Chahine

Director of Photography:
Alevise Orfanelli

Editor:
Kamal Abul Ela

Makeup Artist:
Hamdi Rafaat

Original Music Composer:
Fouad El-Zahry

Producer:
Gabriel Telhami

Screenplay:
Abdel Hai Adib

Second Assistant Director:
Mostafa Gamal Eldein

Set Decoration:
Abbas Helmy

Sound Engineer:
Aziz Fadel

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