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Cairo station = Bab el hadid

Egypt, 1958
film

Renowned Egyptian director Youssef Chahine established his international reputation with “Cairo Station” after it screened at the Berlin Film Fest..

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

Cairo: as told by Youssef Chahine

Egypt, 1991
Similarity: 78%

Alexandria again and forever

Egypt, 1989
Similarity: 75%

Alexandria again and forever [DVD]

Egypt, 1989
Similarity: 74%

The Land = Al Ard

Egypt, 1969
Similarity: 72%

Alexandria, why? = Iskindiria, leh? [Widescreen]

Egypt, 1979
Similarity: 72%

Stations of the elevated

United States, 1980
Similarity: 71%

Iwana Station [Widescreen]

Australia, 1983
Similarity: 71%

The Railway station = La Stazione

Italy, 1990
Similarity: 71%

Alexandria, why? = Iskindiria, leh? [DVD]

Egypt, 1979
Similarity: 71%

An Egyptian story = Hadota Misreya

Egypt, 1982
Similarity: 70%

The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat

France, 1896
Similarity: 70%

Subway [Dubbed]

France, 1985
Similarity: 69%

20 years of African cinema = Camera d'Afrique: the young Arab cinema = Camera Arabe

Tunisia
Similarity: 69%

An Egyptian story = Hadota Misreya [DVD]

Egypt, 1982
Similarity: 69%

La Jetee

France, 1962
Similarity: 69%

Central station = Central do Brasil

Brazil, 1998
Similarity: 69%

Street life in Tehran

Iran, Islamic Republic of, 1999
Similarity: 69%

Hugo

France, United Kingdom and United States of America, 2011
Similarity: 69%
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