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Cairo Station (1958)
Directed by Youssef Chahine
Overview
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.
Length 77 minutes
Actors
Farid Shawqi | Hend Rostom | Youssef Chahine | Hassan el Baroudi | Abdel Aziz Khalil | Ahmed Abaza | Esmat Mahmoud | Hussein Ismail | Naima Wasfi | Abdelghani El Nagdi | Abdel Hamid Badawi | Hanaa Abdel Fattah | Lotfy ElHakim | Sayed el Araby | Said Khalil | Abbas Al-Daly | محسن حسنين | Helen | Farouk El Demrdash | Sabri Abdel Aziz | Safia Sarwat | جلال عيسى | Rashad Hamed | Asaad Kellada | Sherine | أحمد طنطاوي | Tousoun Motamad