Cairo Station
Bab el-Hadid
1958, Film, 77 min, Crime, Drama, Arabic, Egypt, MoviePedia score 71
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.
Directed by Youssef Chahine
Cast
- Farid Shawqi as Abu-Sri Abdulhayy
- Hind Rostom as Hannumah
- Youssef Chahine as Qenawi
- Hassan el Baroudi as Uncle Madbuli
- Abdulaziz Khalil as Abu-Gaber
- Naima Wasfy as Head of Free Woman Organization Hallawatim
- Said Khalil as Gadallah
- Abdel Ghani El Nagdi as Rural traveler
- Loutfi El Hakim
- Abdel Hameed Badawy as Sergeant Hasanain
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