باب الحديد (1958)

Title: Cairo Station

Original Title: باب الحديد

Release Date: 1958-07-31

Status: Released

Rating: 7.336/10 (from 128 votes)

Language: AR

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Production Companies: ستديو الأهرام (ستديوهات الأهرام), أفلام النيل (جبرائيل تلحمي)

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.