The Wave(1936)

movie - first aired/released 1936-07-16 - 61 min - audience 6.4

Drama

Directed by Emilio Gómez Muriel, Fred Zinnemann

A Mexican fisherman, whose son has died because he could not afford necessary medical care out of his meagre wages, becomes aware of how badly exploited he and his many fellow fisherman are by the one greedy man for whom they work and the corrupt politician who makes the laws to benefit him.