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Cairo Station, also called The Iron Gate (Arabic: باب الحديد Bāb al-Ḥadīd), is a 1958 Egyptian crime-drama film directed by Youssef Chahine, written by Mohamed Abu Youssef and Abdel Hay Adib, and starring Farid Shawqi and Hind Rostom.
Cairo Station: Directed by Youssef Chahine. With Farid Shawqi, Hind Rustum, Youssef Chahine, Hassan el Baroudi. A newspaper salesman at the train station in Cairo develops an unhealthy obsession with a woman who sells refreshments.
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- Crime, Drama
- Youssef Chahine
- 1958-01-20
Cairo Station (1958, Egypt) (aka The Iron Gate, or Bab el Hadid) In Youssef Chahine's breakthrough, daring crime melodrama (censored and banned for 12 years in its native Egypt for its lurid and provocative content), nominated as Best Foreign Language Film (Egypt's entry) - the first great Arab film:
18 ott 2020 · Qinawi’s crime is not his sexuality, but his disabled body which his society refuses to see as sexual. In fact, the observance of the unities, the anti-hero’s tragic ‘flaw’, and the choral function of the supporting players, ultimately give this film about a creepy weirdo the grandeur of Greek tragedy. . . . Cairo Station ...
- Darragh O’Donoghue
1 dic 2020 · An accessible entry point into a kaleidoscopic filmography that frequently mixes genres in surprising ways, 1958’s Cairo Station has the feel of an Italian neorealist drama morphing into a ...
- 4 min
- Brogan Morris
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.
Cairo Station (1958) directed by Youssef Chahine • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd. 1958. باب الحديد. Directed by Youssef Chahine. 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.
