Categorized as Film Noir Gem by Netflix, I found Cairo Station to be at the remote fringe of the genre. At best, tightened up to 20 minutes, it might have made a quirky side story to a classic Film Noir such as Casablanca. Seeing that it is shown in its original Arabic (with English subtitles), I feel lends some credence to the cultural authenticity of the dialogue and that the choice of dramatic subject (no spoilers here) must have resonated with the Arab world at the time it was released in 1958... but honestly, I'm far from an expert on Arab Cinema of this era. If not for these assumptions, lending some suspected value as a cultural time capsule artifact, I would only have rated it 5 Stars. One aspect particularly curious was the film's depiction of American/ Western influence on the youth of Egypt.
Review of Cairo Station
