Cairo Station = Bāb al-Ḥadīd
by
 
Talḥamī, Jibrāʼīl, producer.

Title
: 
Cairo Station = Bāb al-Ḥadīd

Added Title
: 
Cairo as seen by Chahine.

Author
: 
Talḥamī, Jibrāʼīl, producer.
 
Adīb, ʻAbd al-Ḥayy, screenwriter.
 
Abū Yūsuf, Muḥammad, screenwriter.
 
Shāhīn, Yūsuf, director, actor.
 
Shawqī, Farīd, 1920-1998, actor.
 
Rustum, Hind, actor.
 
Bārūdī, Ḥasan, -1974, actor.
 
Khalīl, ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz, actor.
 
Waṣfī, Naʻīmah, actor.
 
Khalīl, Saʻīd, actor.
 
Ẓāhirī, Fuʼād, composer.
 
Typecast Films (Firm)

Summary
: 
A story of unrequited love amongst the working poor, set in a Cairo railroad station.

Audience
: 
Not rated.

General Note
: 
This movies is also known as "Iron Gate."
 
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958.

Edition
: 
50th anniversary; widescreen.

Contents
: 
Special features: "Cairo as seen by Chahine" featurette (1991, 24 min.) -- Chahine biography [text feature] -- Chahine filmography [text feature].

Physical Description
: 
1 videodisc (74 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Genre
: 
Foreign films.
 
Films in Arabic.
 
Film noir.
 
Fiction films.
 
Feature films.

Subject Term
: 
Unrequited love -- Drama.
 
Working poor -- Drama.
 
Railroad stations -- Drama.

Geographic Term
: 
Cairo (Egypt) -- Drama.

Author(s)
: 
Talḥamī, Jibrāʼīl,
 
Adīb, ʻAbd al-Ḥayy,
 
Abū Yūsuf, Muḥammad,
 
Shāhīn, Yūsuf,
 
Shawqī, Farīd, 1920-1998,
 
Rustum, Hind,
 
Bārūdī, Ḥasan, -1974,
 
Khalīl, ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz,
 
Waṣfī, Naʻīmah,
 
Khalīl, Saʻīd,
 
Ẓāhirī, Fuʼād,

Added Corporate Author
: 
Typecast Films (Firm)

Publisher
: 
Typecast Releasing,

Publication Date
: 
2009

Publication Information
: 
[Seattle, Wash.] : Typecast Releasing, ©2009.

Call Number
: 
DVD CAIROST


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