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Cairo Station ()

Bab el hadid (original title)
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A newspaper salesman at the train station in Cairo develops an unhealthy obsession with a woman who sells refreshments.

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Abu Siri (as Farid Chawki)
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Hanuma
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Qinawi
Hassan el Baroudi ...
Madbouli (as H. el Baroudy)
Abdulaziz Khalil ...
Abu Gaber (as Abdel Aziz Khalil)
Naima Wasfy ...
Hallawatim (as Naima Wasfi)
Said Khalil
Abdel Ghani Nagdi
Loutfi El Hakim
Abdel Hamid Bodaoha
F. El Demerdache
Ahmed Abaza
Hana Abdulfattah ...
(as Hana Abdel Fattah)
Safia Sarwat
Asaad Kellada ...
(as Assaad Kellada)
Sherine
Soheir
Esmat Mahmoud
Nawal Morsi
Gharib Moawad
Mohamed Mazhar
Galal Issa
Mahrous El Garhi
Ahmed El Tantawi
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
S. Abdel Aziz
Sayyed El Araby

Directed by

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Youssef Chahine

Written by

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Abdel Hai Adib ... (screen play)
 
Mohamed Abu Youssef ... (dialogue)

Produced by

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Gabriel Talhami ... producer

Music by

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Fouad El-Zahry ... (as Fouad El Zahiri)

Cinematography by

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Alevise Orfanelli ... (as Alvise)

Editing by

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Kamal Abul Ela

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M. Saleh ... negative cutter
Shoushou ... negative cutter

Art Direction by

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Gabriel Karraze

Set Decoration by

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Abbas Helmy ... (as Abbas Helmi)

Makeup Department

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Sayed Mohamad ... makeup artist
Hamdi Rafaat ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Mohamed Hagad ... director of production (as Mohamad Haggag)
Haig Kevorkian ... director of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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M. Abou Youssef ... first assistant director
Mostafa Gamal Eldein ... second assistant director (as M. Gamal Eldine)

Sound Department

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Aziz Fadel ... sound engineer
A. Mohamad ... sound assistant

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Massoud Issa ... camera operator

Music Department

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Miklós Rózsa ... composer: stock music (uncredited)

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Toutou Khoury ... laboratory chief
H. Kirollos ... assistant director of production
Chaffik Rizk ... dialogue supervisor

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Kinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed by Hannouma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks. While she treats Kinawi in a sympathetic way and jokes with him about a possible relationship, She is actually in love with Abu Sri', a strong and respected porter at the station who is struggling to unionize his fellow workers to combat their boss' exploitative and abusive treatment. Written by Anonymous

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Also Known As
  • Cairo Station (Egypt, English title)
  • The Iron Gate (World-wide, English title)
  • Cairo Station (Canada, English title)
  • Cairo Station (World-wide, English title)
  • Cairo Station (United States)
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  • 77 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia Official submission of Egypt for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 31st Academy Awards in 1959. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Caméra arabe (1987). See more »

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