Cairo Station

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Farid Shawqi

Abu Siri

Age : 77 | Popularity : 27%

Hend Rostom

Hanuma

Age : 81 | Popularity : 7%

Youssef Chahine

Qenawy

Age : 82 | Popularity : 3%

Hassan el Baroudi

Madbouli

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Abdel Aziz Khalil

Abu Gaber

Age : 81 | Popularity : 4%

Ahmed Abaza

Mansour

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Esmat Mahmoud

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Hussein Ismail

Train passenger

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Crew	Additional Music	Miklós Rózsa
Directing	Director	Youssef Chahine
	Second Assistant Director	Mostafa Gamal Eldein
Writing	Dialogue	Mohamed Abu Youssef
	Screenplay	Abdel Hai Adib
Sound	Original Music Composer	Fouad El-Zahry
	Sound Engineer	Aziz Fadel
Art	Art Direction	Gabriel Karraze
	Set Decoration	Abbas Helmy
Production	Producer	Gabriel Telhami
Camera	Director of Photography	Alevise Orfanelli
Editing	Editor	Kamal Abul Ela
Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	Hamdi Rafaat
Department	Role	Name

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