Cairo Station (1958)

Bab el-Hadid

77 min★ 7.5 · 6,399 votes

• Crime
• Drama

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.

Release date

January 20, 1958

Country of origin

Egypt