
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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the International Submission to the Academy Awards (1959)
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Setting
Set in Egypt
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Abdel Hai AdibScreenplay
- Original title
- باب الحديد
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 31, 1958
- Original language
- Arabic
- Countries
- Egypt
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