Cairo Station (1958)
باب الحديد
ThumbScore
👍 85%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 100%
(RT: 100%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Farid Shawqy as Abu Siri
Hind Rostom as Hanuma
Youssef Chahine as Qinawi
Hassan El Baroudy as Madbouli
Abdel Aziz Khalil as Abo Gaber
Ahmed Abaza as Mansour
Essmat Mahmoud
Hussain Ismael as راكب بالقطار
Is Cairo Station good?
Yes. 85% audience score, estimated from 154 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 100%.
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. 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. Wikipedia ↗
