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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
Apr 18, 2020 · Cairo Station, released in 1958, was the eleventh film of Egyptian cinema titan Youssef Chahine. It was also his most controversial feature up until that point in his career. This suspenseful psychological thriller is an unabated deep-dive into the budding neuroses of a handicapped young man scrounging for a living in a Cairo train ...
The official submission of Egypt for the best foreign language film category of the 31st Academy Awards in 1959, Cairo Station (also called The Iron Gate) asserts itself to be a fantastic thriller directed by Youssef Chahine.
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- Al-Ahramm Studios, Gabriel Talhami Film
- Youssef Chahine
With a who's who of midcentury Egyptian acting and production talent (particularly Chahine's own frustrated, delusional Qinawi), Cairo Station deserves a watch as a film with a domestic focus...
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- Youssef Chahine, Nadia Lutfi, Farid Shawqi
- Youssef Chahine
- Drama
Aug 1, 2013 · A physically impaired newspaper peddler becomes increasingly obsessed with a woman in love with another man.
Jun 9, 2022 · Chahine was already a veteran director when he directed and took the the villainous lead in his gripping potboiler, “Cairo Station.” The film is a vivid black and white slice of life at Cairo’s Ramses Station in the late 1950s, with classes mixing and mingling in the secular Arabic state.
