Synopsis
باب الحديد
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.
Audience Engagement
107 audience reviews — more than 94% of Other Asia films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 91th percentile among Other Asia films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Cairo Station. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Crime + Drama in Other Asia
28 Other Asia titles in our catalog blend the Crime and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Cairo Station itself).
Position in Catalog
The 6th Other Asia title from Other Asia we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1949).
Our Other Asia catalog contains 547 titles in total (522 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Cairo Station, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- violence against women · 5
- working class · 5
- cairo · 4
- railway station · 3
- sexual repression · 2
- workers union · 2
- newspaper seller · 2
- gender violence · 1
- lemonade · 1
- obsession · 10
- knife · 9
- train · 35
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #95 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (83rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.8 points above the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.
Among Other Asia Crime productions specifically: #7 of 42 (top 17%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Other Asia |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Egypt |
| Original Language | Arabic |
| Production Companies | Al-Ahramm Studios |
| Runtime | 1h 17m |
| Release Date | July 31, 1958 |
| IMDb | tt0051390 |